Tableau Desktop Fundamentals

Part 1: Introduction

1. Tableau Desktop and the Tableau Product Line
2. Application Terminology
3. Visual Cues for Fields
4. Getting Started in Tableau Desktop
5. Elements of a Visualization

Part 2: Connecting to Data

1. Creating a Live Data Connection
2. Saving and Editing a Data Source
3. Metadata Grid
4. Understanding Changes to Data
5. Data Connection Options
6. Sharing Options

Part 3: Simplifying and Sorting Your Data

1. Data Filtering
2. Creating Date Filters
3. Sorting

Part 4: Organizing your Data

1. Using Groups
2. Creating and Using Hierarchies

Part 5: Slicing your Data by Date

1. Working with Dates in Tableau
2. Using Discrete Date Parts
3. Defining a Fiscal Year
4. Creating Custom Dates

Part 6: Using Multiple Measures in a View

1. Using Measure Values and Measure Names in a View
2. Combo Charts
3. Combined or Shared Axis Charts
4. Creating Dual Axis Charts

Part 7: Showing the Relationship between Numerical Values

1. Creating Scatter Plots
2. Using Sets

Part 8: Mapping Data Geographically

1. Mapping in Tableau
2. Geographic Mapping
3. Background Maps and Layers
4. Navigation and Selection in Maps

Part 9: Viewing Specific Values

1. Creating Heat Maps
2. Creating Crosstabs
3. Creating Highlight Tables
4. Grand Totals, Sub-Totals, and Changing Aggregation

Part 10: Customizing your Data

1. Calculation Types
2. Parts of a Calculated Field
3. Options for Creating Calculated Fields
4. Strings, Dates, and Type Conversion Functions
5. Calculations and Aggregations

Part 11: Analyzing Data with Quick Table Calculations

Part 12: Showing Breakdowns of the Whole

1. Pie Charts and Parts of the Whole
2. Creating Tree Maps

Part 13: Viewing Distributions

1. Bins and Histograms
2. Box and Whisker Plots

Part 14: Highlighting Data with Reference Lines

1. Using Reference Lines
2. Reference Bands
3. Using the Analytics Pane
4. Instant Analytics

Part 15: Making Your Views Available

1. Building Dashboards
2. Dashboard Actions

• Tableau Users new to using the tool
• Tableau Users looking for a refresher of the basics or newer features. 
• Beginner Tableau users who want to quickly get up to speed with intermediate level Tableau features and functions. 
• Individuals working with data-regardless of technical or analytical background

• Connect to your data, edit and save a data source.
• Use the Tableau interface / paradigm to effectively create powerful visualizations.
• Create basic calculations including string manipulation, basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, logic statements and quick table calculations.
• Cross Tabs, Geographic Maps, Heat Maps, Distribution Charts, Tree Maps, Box Plots, Highlight Tables, Scatter Plots, Pie Charts and Bar Charts
• Use Reference Lines to highlight elements of your data.
• Use groups, bins, hierarchies, sorts, sets, and filters to create focused and effective visualizations
• Use Measure Name and Measure Value fields to create visualizations with multiple measures and dimensions.
• Handle changes in your data source such as field addition, deletion or name changes.
• Combine your visualizations into Interactive Dashboards and publish them to the web.