Tableau - Pass The Desktop Specialist Exam

Learn Tableau 2022 with short practical video lessons and quizzes that will enable you to pass the first Tableau exam

What you'll learn

How to connect to and prepare data, live connections, extracts, unions, data source filters and much more.

Understand key Tableau concepts like discrete and continuous, dimensions and measures, and aggregate measures.

How to create bar, line, scatter, maps and stacked bar charts, groups, hierarchies, parameters and much more.

How to put a dashboard together from scratch using design best practices and mastering containers.

Creating a dashboard for many device types like mobiles and tablets.

Learn how to share and export your dashboards, reports and data.

Requirements

You will need access to Tableau desktop if you want to follow along, but no prior skills are needed. You will learn everything in this course.

Description

This course will teach you how to become a Tableau Desktop specialist from being a total beginner. With short practical videos and practice quizzes along the way you will learn all the criteria listed in the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam guide and if you want to solidify your learning you will be able to pass the exam after taking this course. The course is structured into four modules all which have been structured around the Desktop Specialist Exam teaching you in detail every aspect of the exam criteria. The course has been designed to ensure the best learning experience for the end user with short videos and a short overall course completion time allowing you to be able to complete this course and become advanced using Tableau in a short period of time. On top of this I have included lectures on how to build stand out dashboards from the ground up using design best practices and my personal design techniques that you can take away and use in work or in personal projects. After completing this course, you will have the skills to be a successful Tableau developer whether that allows you to land a new job, improve your capabilities in your current role or help create personal projects in your own time.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Module 1 - Connecting to and Preparing Data

Lecture 2 Connecting to Data Sources

Lecture 3 Data Interpreter

Lecture 4 Metadata Table

Lecture 5 Live Connection Vs Extract

Lecture 6 Joins & Relationships

Lecture 7 Unions

Lecture 8 Data Source Filters

Lecture 9 Renaming a Field

Lecture 10 Changing Data Types

Lecture 11 Changing Default Properties

Lecture 12 Module 1 Summary

Section 3: Module 2 - Understanding Tableau Concepts

Lecture 13 Dimensions & Measures

Lecture 14 Discrete & Continuous

Lecture 15 Aggregate Measures

Lecture 16 Module 2 - Summary

Section 4: Module 3 - Exploring & Analysing Data

Lecture 17 Module 3 - Intro

Lecture 18 Creating a Bar Chart

Lecture 19 Creating a Line Chart

Lecture 20 Creating a Scatter Chart

Lecture 21 Creating a Map

Lecture 22 Creating a Combined Axis Chart

Lecture 23 Creating a Duel Axis Chart

Lecture 24 Creating a Stacked Bar Chart

Lecture 25 Filters

Lecture 26 Groups

Lecture 27 Hierarchies

Lecture 28 Sorting

Lecture 29 Reference Lines

Lecture 30 Quick Table Calculations

Lecture 31 Bins & Histograms

Lecture 32 Parameters

Lecture 33 Summary

Section 5: Module 4 - Creating Stand Out Dashboards

Lecture 34 Formatting Views

Lecture 35 Creating Missing Views

Lecture 36 Building the Dashboard - Part 1

Lecture 37 Building the Dashboard - Part 2

Lecture 38 Building the Dashboard - Part 3

Lecture 39 Dashboard Actions

Lecture 40 Dashboard Best Practices & Design Techniques

Lecture 41 Device Types

Lecture 42 Creating a Story

Lecture 43 Sharing & Exporting

Lecture 44 Module 4 - Summary

Lecture 0 Module 4 - Summary

Section 6: Course Completion

Lecture 45 Course Completion

Beginner Tableau developers