Tableau 2020 Training for Data Science & Business Analytics
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Learn data visualization using Tableau 2020 through a hands on approach
Whether you are a beginner or have some skills in tableau, from this course you will learn tableau and develop skills that will help you present information and tell compelling stories using data.
50,000+ students have already enrolled in this course giving a 4.6 star rating!
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This Tableau course is designed to be 100% practical and fully hands on, so you will be working on Tableau as I teach you how to build charts, dashboards and stories.
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We will work together on every single detail that I will teach you and there will be an end of section exercise for you to solidify the knowledge you gained from each section
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Detailed explanation for the end of section exercise is included so you can compare your results with mine. Every section is built in a way that the skills developed in the previous section will be applied in the later sections, so you will feel more confident and comfortable with tableau as you progress
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This course includes 12 quizzes covering over 150 questions and a final exam covering 45 questions which will sharpen your understanding of Tableau
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The learning should continue and that’s why I have included a 60 page reference handbook covering every single topic from the course for you to refer during and even after the course.
What students say about this course?
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“The course is split into many stages, each designed to give a solid foundation in tableau without leaving the student with knowledge gaps. If someone is a complete beginner or have Basic knowledge then they can start with this course.” – Shashank Shukla
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“I was familiar with Tableau even before starting this course, despite that I found the lessons bringing out an extra level of useful detail and Tableau features. Also I found the lessons appropriately paced which allowed me to try it out in parallel within Tableau. So I’d highly recommend this course to total newbies and familiar beginners alike” – Sendil A B
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“I am a beginner and I find this course extremely useful. The author explains the concepts clearly. The pace of the narration is perfect. Excited to deep dive into this course.” – Ram Shankar
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“It was a good match and it is very detailed presentation and many topics are covered in the course” – Yoshihito Koya
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“Great course. Everything Clear and Concise. Great teacher “- Aleksandar Damjanovic
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What will you learn from this course?
Whether you have little or no knowledge about Tableau 2020, by the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Connect any data and walk through Tableau 2020 with ease
2. Build most commonly used charts such as line chart, bar chart, stacked bar chart, area chart, scatter plot, tree maps, pie charts, maps etc in Tableau from scratch as well as using the in-built templates from the ‘show-me’ menu in Tableau
3. Create Tableau dashboards by combining multiple charts to present a broad picture to your audience
4. Build interactive elements such as filters, action filters, tool tips, highlights etc. to allow your audience to interact with you Tableau charts and dashboards
5. Animate simple charts to create stunning visual effects in Tableau
6. Create stories in Tableau using dashboards and charts to convey a compelling narrative through data visualization
7. Create calculations using calculated fields, table calculations and level of detail expressions in Tableau
8. Apply data clean up techniques in Tableau such as removing unnecessary variables, filtering rows, splitting data fields, combine and rename classes etc.
9. Combine data from multiple sources using unions, joins, data blending and data modeling techniques in Tableau.
10. Save, export and distribute your Tableau workbook to your audiences, key stakeholders and customers
What is Tableau?
Tableau is a powerful, market leading data visualization and business intelligence software using intuitive drag-and-drop approach that help you to visually analyze data and create stunning visualizations.
Tableau’s simple interface makes anybody interact with the visualizations, discover patterns using underlying data and help make quick decisions.
Why should you learn tableau?
Whether you are an analyst or a business intelligence developer or anyone who has to deal with or present data in your day to day work, Tableau will make your life a lot better with its intuitive visual analytics.
If you are not into dealing with data but want to build a career in data science, data visualization and business analytics then Tableau is one of the most important tools you must learn to move forward in your career.
You will be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the data visualizations you will create within just a couple of weeks into using Tableau.
Your stakeholders and customers would see remarkable value in the data visualization you would create using Tableau.
Plus, if you have been spending hours and hours building charts using other clunky programs, then switching to tableau can save you literally hundreds of hours.
Also, gaining a certification in tableau has proven to be a great addition to one’s profile when they want to become a data scientist or a data analyst.
Who should take this course?
You should take the course,
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If you have little or no existing knowledge in tableau
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If you have some Tableau skills but you want to get better
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If you want to learn Tableau from scratch and be able to create great data visualization
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If are looking to move forward in your career by building skills in data science, data visualization and business analytics
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If you are someone who works with data day in and day out and look forward to interesting ways to visualize data
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If you are frustrated with the limitations of the clunky programs and the time you spend in building visualizations
About me
My name is Farzan Sajahan. I am a business management and data science consultant. I have over 15 years of experience in helping organizations make data driven decisions and in rolling out tableau powered business intelligence frameworks.
I currently run an analytics consulting firm focusing on analytics in operations, and marketing management. I currently help a handful of clients solve their operations management problems using analytics and teach data science in a couple of reputed business schools in India.
I have a degree in electronics and communication engineering from Anna University, India and an MBA from Erasmus University, The Netherlands.
I am based out of Chennai, India.
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Analyzing Titanic Survivor Profiles using Tableau - A quick demo!
In this lecture we will analyze Titanic survivor sample dataset using tableau and learn about the profile of the survivors. We will see how easy and intuitive it is to construct charts, analyze and derive insights using Tableau.
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Before Getting StartedQuick note before getting started and downloadable supplementary resources for this course
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Install Tableau v2020 in your computer
Installing tableau is easy. You can choose between one of the two tableau programs recommended in this course: Tableau desktop developer or Tableau public app. This video covers the steps to download and install the relevant tableau program for you.
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Read this: Important note about data set for this course
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Quiz - Getting started with tableau
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Business challenge: Analyzing Super Store dataset
In this lecture, we will learn about the superstores dataset which will be used throughout the course
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Connecting the Superstore Data Source
In this lecture, we will learn about the data connection methods in tableau and connect the super store data set with Tableau
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Navigating through Tableau
In this lecture, we will get familiarized with the Tableau user interface, menus and tool bars etc.
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Data Types and Terminologies in Tableau
In this lecture we will learn about the different data types and terminologies used in Tableau
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Create Your First Chart in Tableau: Creating a Sales Trend Chart in Tableau
In this lecture we will learn to create a line chart in Tableau
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Sales Trend using Bar Chart in Tableau
In this lecture we will learn to create sales trend using a bar chart in Tableau
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Colors, Size, and Labels
In this lecture we will learn how to add or change colors, size and labels to the charts and understand what roles these play in the charts.
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Generating and Sharing Output
In this lecture we will learn ways to generate outputs from Tableau in and share with the audience
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Quick Note on End of Section Challenges
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Challenge 1: Create a Profit Trend Chart
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 1 - creating a profit trend chart
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Solution 1: Create a Profit Trend Chart
This video shows the solution for the challenge 1 - creating a profit trend chart
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Quiz - Analyzing Superstore dataset
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Introduction to Charting Methods
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Creating Area Charts in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create area charts, which are extension of line charts, in tableau
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Creating Bar Charts in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create bar charts in tableau.
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Understanding Family of Bar Charts in Tableau
There are several types of bar charts one can create in Tableau. In this lesson we will learn 4 different types of bar charts and learn how they are to be used.
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Creating Tree Maps in Tableau
Treemaps are great for showing comparing values categorically. In this lesson, we will learn to create Treemaps in tableau
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Creating Packed Bubble Charts in Tableau
Packed bubble charts work similarly as a treemap however they look differently and is slightly different in terms of how it must be read. In this lesson, we will learn to create packed bubble charts using tableau
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Creating Text, Highlight and Cross Tables in Tableau
Tables show precise information and are quite useful in a lot of situations such as financial reporting. In this lesson we will learn to create text tables, cross tables and highlight tables using tableau
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Creating Pie Charts in Tableau
Pie charts are very similar to the bar charts but they are constructed in a polar coordinate system. In this lesson, we will learn how to create pie charts using tableau
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Creating Scatter Plots in Tableau
Scatter plots are great for analyzing relationship between two numerical variables. In this lesson we will learn how to create scatter plots in tableau.
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Sorting Values in Charts
There are several ways in which the values in a chart can be sorted in tableau. In this lesson we will learn all possible ways to sort the values in tableau charts.
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Quiz - Charts in Tableau
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Creating Fill Maps in Tableau
Maps are great for showing information across geography. In this lesson we will learn to create fill maps.
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Creating Symbol Maps in Tableau
Another way to construct maps is by using symbols. In this lesson we will learn to create symbol maps.
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Fixing Map Errors in Tableau
Sometimes not all the data points will be shown in the maps due to several legitimate reasons and the values not plotted in the map will be generally shown as 'Unknown Location'. In this lesson we will learn to fix 'Unknown Location' error in Tableau maps
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Selecting Regions Tableau Maps
In this lesson we will learn to use selection tools in the Tableau maps
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Introduction to Histograms
Histograms are great for showing how the data is distributed. In this lesson we will learn what histogram is, and how to read it.
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Creating Histograms in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to build a histogram using tableau.
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Introduction to Box Plots
Boxplots are another way to show the distribution of data. However, boxplots show a lot more information about the distribution that a histogram would. In this lesson we will learn what boxplots are, what they show, and how to read them.
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Creating Box Plots using Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to build box plots using tableau
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Challenge 2: Creating a word cloud in Tableau
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 2 - creating a word cloud in tableau
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Solution 2: Creating a word cloud
This video shows the solution for the challenge 2 - creating a word cloud in Tableau
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Quiz - Charts in Tableau - Maps, bar charts and histogram
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Formatting Chart Layout in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to format the chart layout in Tableau
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Formatting Chart Axes in Tableau
In this lesson, we will learn to format the chart axes in Tableau
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Formatting the Chart Colors and Fonts in Tableau
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Creating Combined Axis Charts in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create combined axis charts in tableau
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Creating Dual Axis Charts in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create dual axis charts in tableau
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Adding and Editing Tool Tips in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn the importance of tool tips and create a simple tool tip in Tableau
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Showing Charts within Tool Tips in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to add charts to the tool tips in Tableau
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Challenge 3: Creating Tool Tips in Tableau
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 3 - creating tool tips in tableau
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Solution 3: Creating Tool Tips in Tableau
This video shows the solution for the challenge 3 - creating tool tips in tableau
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Quiz - Making charts stand out
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Adding Simple Filters in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create simple filters in Tableau
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Adding Wild Card Filters in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create wildcard filters in Tableau
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Adding Conditional Filters in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create conditional filters in Tableau
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Adding Top / Bottom Filters in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create Top/ Bottom filters in Tableau
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Creating Groups in Tableau
Groups allow one to combine members of a dimension field and create a new grouped dimension field. In this lesson we will learn to create groups in tableau.
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Creating Sets in Tableau
Sets are similar to groups in terms of creating a subset of the members of a dimension field. However, they are different from groups in multiple ways. In this lesson we will learn to create sets in Tableau.
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Challenge 4: Creating Filters
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 4 - creating filters in tableau
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Solution 4: Creating Filters
This video shows the solution for the challenge 4 - creating filters in tableau
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Quiz - Filters, Groups and Sets
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Dashboard Layout in Tableau
In this lesson we will get familiarized with the dashboard layout in Tableau
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Adding Charts to Dashboards in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn how to create a dashboard and add charts to it in Tableau
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Building Interactions in Dashboards
In this lesson we will learn how to create interactions in tableau dashboards
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Filtering using Action Filters
In this lesson we will learn to create advanced action filters in tableau dashboards
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Highlighting using Highlight Actions
In this lesson we will learn to create highlight actions in tableau dashboards
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Challenge 5: Creating a Dashboard
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 5 - creating a dashboard in Tableau
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Solution 5: Creating a Dashboard
This video shows the solution for the challenge 5 - creating a dashboard in Tableau
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Quiz - Dashboard
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Numerical Calculations
In this lesson we will learn about the calculated fields and learn to create a calculated field to perform numerical calculation
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Logical Calculated Fields
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Common Calculations in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to some of the common calculations used in the calculated fields in Tableau
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Parameters for Changing Filter settings in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn to create parameters to adjust filter settings dynamically using parameters
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Parameters for Selection
In this lesson we will learn to create parameters for chart selection
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Challenge 6: Creating a Calculated Field
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 6 - creating calculated fields
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Solution 6: Creating a Calculated Field
This video shows the solution for the challenge 6 - creating calculated fields
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Quiz - Calculated fields and parameters
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Introduction to Table Calculations and create Percent and Cumulative Totals
In this lesson we will get introduced to table calculations using a simple percentage and cumulative functions
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More Table Calculations
In this lesson we will learn about more table calculations in Tableau
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Creating Pareto Charts
In this lesson we will learn to create a pareto chart applying table calculation and dual axis charting method
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Introduction to LOD Expressions
In this lesson we will learn why calculated fields are not sufficient and how LOD expressions are useful
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Types of LOD Expressions: Fixed, Include, Exclude
In this lesson we will learn the 3 types of LOD expressions Tableau
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Challenge 7: Creating a Pareto Chart
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 7 - creating a Pareto chart
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Solution 7: Creating a Pareto Chart
This video shows the solution for the challenge 7 - creating a Pareto chart
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Quiz - Table calculations and LOD expressions
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Story Layout in Tableau
In this lesson we will get familiarized with the story layout in dashboard
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Creating Stories in Tableau
In this lesson we will create first story in Tableau and present narrative using data
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Animations in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn two types of animations in Tableau
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More on Animations in Tableau
In this lesson we will learn about animation using an additional example
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Challenge 8: Creating an Animated Chart
This video outlines the expectation for the challenge 8 - creating an animated chart
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Solution 8: Creating an Animated Chart
This video shows the solution for the challenge 8 - creating an animated chart
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Quiz - Stories and Animation
