2015
Lynda
Curt Frye
2:55
English

Learn to see and understand data with Tableau. Tableau 9 Essential Training explains how to analyze and present data using this powerful data visualization program. At the end of the course, you'll be able to install Tableau, import and summarize data, create and manipulate data visualizations, and share visualizations with your colleagues.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Introducing Tableau
Downloading Tableau
Installing Tableau drivers
Introducing Tableau file types
Getting help in Tableau
Exploring the program interface
2. Managing Data Sources and Visualizations
Connecting to a data source
Joining related data sources
Reading loosely structured Excel files
Creating a visualization using Show Me
Changing the order of the fields in a visualization
Changing the summary operation
Splitting text into multiple columns
Presenting data using storylines
3. Managing Tableau Worksheets and Workbooks
Displaying the data underlying a workbook
Adding, duplicating, and renaming worksheets
Reordering, clearing, and deleting worksheets
Changing a worksheet's tab color
Showing or hiding worksheet elements
Saving your changes
Saving your workbook as a PDF file
Creating a packaged workbook
4. Creating Custom Calculations and Fields
Presenting Tableau operators and built-in functions
Creating a calculated field
Creating a custom field using a formula
Adding a table calculation
Using level of detail expressions
5. Sorting and Filtering Tableau Data
Sorting based on a field's values
Creating a selection filter
Creating a wildcard filter
Creating a condition filter
Creating a top filter
Adding a quick filter to a worksheet
Editing, clearing, and deleting filters
6. Creating and Pivoting Crosstabs
Creating a crosstab
Unpivoting a crosstab
Highlighting crosstab rows and columns
Adding totals and subtotals to a crosstab
7. Formatting Tableau Visualizations
Changing the visual summary type
Changing the appearance of your data
Resizing a visualization
Displaying a visualization in Presentation mode
Creating a heat map
8. Creating Basic Charts
Creating column and stacked column charts
Creating bar charts, stacked bar charts, and side-by-side bars
Creating line charts and area fill charts
Creating pie charts
Creating scatter plots
Creating histograms
Creating a treemap
9. Annotating and Formatting Charts
Adding a text box to a chart
Formatting chart elements
Changing the color sequence in charts
Adding a trend line to a chart
10. Creating Maps and Dashboards
Ensuring your data can be mapped
Creating a basic map
Setting map options
Creating a dashboard
Adding elements to a dashboard
Focusing dashboards using global filters
Conclusion
Further resources

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