Data Visualization using Tableau Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

Introduction

Learn the fundamentals of data visualization and practice communicating with data. If you, present data to others, aspire to be a business analyst or data scientist, or if you’d like to become more effective with visualization tools, then you can grow your skills with this course. The Tableau course teaches you how to build visualizations, organize data, and design charts and dashboards to empower more meaningful business decisions. You’ll be exposed to the concepts of Data Visualization, different combo charts, and stories, working with filters, parameters, and sets, and building interactive dashboards. This course is part of both the Business Analyst and Data Analyst.

The training puts emphasis on business intelligence (BI) essentials that are visualization, reporting, and other BI tools that are globally used. It also focuses on enhancing visualization building, analytics, and dashboards.

Learning objectives

• Become an expert on visualization techniques such as heat map, treemap, waterfall, Pareto Understand metadata and its usage
• Work with Filter, Parameters, and Sets
• Master special field types and Tableau-generated fields and the process of creating and using parameters
• Learn how to build charts, interactive dashboards, story interfaces, and how to share your work
• Master the concepts of data blending, create data extracts and organize and format data
• Master arithmetic, logical, table, and LOD calculations

Course duration

5 days

COURSE OUTLINE

Data Preparation using Tableau Prep

• Data Visualization
• Business Intelligence tools
• Introduction to Tableau
• Tableau Architecture
• Tableau Server Architecture

Data Connection with Tableau Desktop

• Features of Tableau Desktop
• Connect to data from File and Database
• Types of Connections
• Joins and Unions
• Data Blending
• Tableau Desktop User Interface
• Basic project: Create a workbook and publish it on Tableau Online

Basic Visual Analytics

• Basic Charts: Bar Chart, Line Chart, and Pie Chart
• Hierarchies
• Data Granularity
• Highlighting
• Sorting
• Filtering
• Grouping
• Sets

Calculations in Tableau

• Types of Calculations
• Built-in Functions (Number, String, Date, Logical and Aggregate)
• Operators and Syntax Conventions
• Table Calculations
• Level of Detail (LOD) Calculations
  

Advanced Visual Analytics

• Parameters
• Tool tips
• Trend lines
• Reference lines
• Forecasting
• Clustering

Geographic Visualizations in Tableau

• Introduction to Geographic Visualizations
• Manually assigning Geographical Locations
• Types of Maps
• Spatial Files
• Custom Geocoding
• Polygon Maps
• Web Map Services

Advanced Charts in Tableau

• Box and Whisker’s Plot
• Bullet Chart
• Bar in Bar Chart
• Gantt Chart
• Waterfall Chart
• Pareto Chart
• Control Chart
• Funnel Chart
• Bump Chart
• Step and Jump Lines
• Word Cloud
• Donut Chart

Dashboards and Stories

• Introduction to Dashboards
• The Dashboard Interface
• Dashboard Objects
• Building a Dashboard
• Dashboard Layouts and Formatting
• Interactive Dashboards with actions
• Designing Dashboards for devices

Exploring Tableau Online

• Publishing Workbooks to Tableau Online
• Interacting with Content on Tableau Online
• Data Management through Tableau Catalogue
• AI-Powered features in Tableau Online (Ask Data and Explain Data)
• Understand Scheduling
• Managing Permissions on Tableau Online
• Data Security with Filters in Tableau Online

Methodology

The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with Steady Development Centre certificate.

Training Venue

The training will be held at Steady Development Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

Accommodation and Airport Pickup

Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the training officer.

• Email: training@steadydevelopmentcentre.com
• Mobile: +254 718108851

 

Tailor- Made

This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Steady Development Centre or at a convenient location.

Payment

The course fee payment should be transferred to Steady Development Centre account through bank, 3 working days before commencement of the training so as to enable us to prepare better.

For further inquiries, please contact us on:

• Tel: +254 718108851
• Email: training@steadydevelopmentcentre.com

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