Tableau Desktop Training - Advanced Analyst

Description

This 3 day Tableau Desktop Advanced Training course is designed for professionals who have been working with Tableau for some time and are looking to dive deeper and learn analytical use cases that utilise Tableaus advanced features. It is also a perfect refresher course if you want to upgrade your skills to the latest features.

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EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TABLEAU IN THIS HANDS-ON COURSE

TRAINING

£1,200 per person + VAT

3 Day live virtual course

12 Months access to online course

This 3 day Tableau Desktop Advanced Training course is designed for the professional who has been working with Tableau for some time and is looking to dive deeper. You will review all calculation types and apply Table Calculations and Level of Detail Expressions in multiple use cases. You will also learn advanced techniques for analysing time series data, cohorts and survey data. You will learn advanced mapping and dashboard techniques to help improve the insights gained for your target audience. You will be introduced to the latest features together with practical use cases for getting the most benefit from them.

Attendees should have a deep understanding of the fundamental concepts of building Tableau worksheets and dashboards and be comfortable with the techniques learnt in the Foundation and Analyst courses.

At the end of this course you will be able to apply and combine some of the more complex capabilities and techniques that Tableau has to offer.

In addition to our regular 2 day syllabus we have added an additional day so that we can add learning for many new features introduced into Tableau over the last couple of years.

Live Coaching and Q&A Access

In addition to the 3 day live and interactive course, delegates also receive 6 weeks live access to our Coaching and Q&A calls that take place 3 times each week. Delegates have found these to be highly beneficial to enhance their learning experience as well as assisting with applying the learning from the course to practical working deliverables on their own data.

The course includes the following topics:

RECAP: CALCULATIONS

• Review of Number Functions
• Review of String Functions
• Review of Date Functions
• Review of Type Conversions
• Review of Logical Functions
• Review of Aggregate Functions
• Alternatives to Calculations
• 2 Hands-on exercises

GETTING THE MOST FROM TABLE CALCULATIONS

• What are and when to use Table Calculations
• What Table Calculation Types are there?
• Defining the Scope and Direction of calculations
• Using Table Calculations in Calculated Fields
• How do Filters work with Table Calculations?
• 7 Hands-on exercises

LODS - LEVEL OF DETAIL EXPRESSIONS

• Overview
• FIXED LOD
• How do Filters work with LODs?
• INCLUDE LOD
• EXCLUDE LOD
• Nesting LODs
• Comparing the various Calculation Types
• 5 Hands-on exercises

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSING TIME-BASED DATA

• Creating Sparklines
• Creating Slope Charts
• Creating Control Charts
• Creating Bump Charts
• 4 Hands-on exercises

ANALYSING BEHAVIOURS IN DATA

• Creating Cohort Analysis
• Analysing Survey Data
• 2 Hands-on exercises

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR MAPPING

• Mapping Distance from a point
• Normalising map areas with Hexbins
• Combining Spatial & Data Files
• 3 Hands-on exercises

ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS FOR DASHBOARDS

• Identifying your Audience
• Using Containers and Layout
• Considerations for Dashboard Elements
• Sheet swapping
• Adding Dashboard Actions to Context
• 2 Hands-on exercises

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In addition to the regular syllabus we will also cover the following New Features :

• Viz in Tooltips
• Set Actions
• Parameter Actions
• Show/Hide Containers
• Animations
• Dashboard Navigation Button
• Replace Worksheet in a Dashboard (DB)
• Show/Hide Sort Controls
• Vector Maps
• Customisable reference line tooltips
• Automatic dashboard phone layouts
• Export to PowerPoint

• Transparent worksheet backgrounds
• Density Mark Type (New Heatmap)
• Dashboard Extensions
• Step and Jump Lines
• Dashboard Grids
• Nested sorting improvements
• Ask Data
• Explain Data
• Spatial Calculations
• Negative values on log axis
• Additional clustering functionality
• Enhanced cross-database join control

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This training course includes over 35 hands-on exercises and quizzes to help participants “learn by doing” and to assist group discussions around real-life use cases. A comprehensive training manual is provided together with all the data, starter and solution Tableau Workbooks required for the training. 

Students must use their own laptop with an active version of Tableau Desktop 2020.1 (or later) pre-installed.

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What People Are Saying About This Course

"Course was fantastic and completely relevant to the work I am doing with Tableau.  I particularly liked Steve's method of teaching and how he applied the course material to 'real-life' use-cases."

Richard W., Dashboard Consulting Ltd

"This course was extremely useful and excellent value. It helped me formalise my learning and I have taken a lot of useful tips away which will help me in everyday work."

Lauren M., Baillie Gifford

"I would definitely recommend taking this course if you have a working knowledge of Tableau. Even the little tips Steve explains will make using Tableau a lot easier. Looking forward to putting what I've learned into practice."

Aron F., Grove & Dean

"Steve is an excellent teacher and has a vast knowledge of Tableau. I learned a huge amount over the two days that I can immediately apply at work."

John B., Mporium