Tableau Desktop Intermediate Hands-On Training
Overview
Elevate your Tableau skills with intermediate training designed specifically for business analysts and data professionals. In this program, you will dive deeper into advanced data preparation, LOD expressions, and predictive analytics. Additionally, you will learn how to optimize dashboard performance for greater efficiency.
Furthermore, the course teaches you how to blend, join, and pivot data like a pro. As a result, you will be able to create sophisticated visualizations that deliver clear, actionable insights. Designed for users with at least six months of experience, this course ultimately unlocks Tableau’s full potential for advanced analytics and reporting.
Key Highlights
• Hands-on, instructor-led training
• Learn LOD expressions & advanced data preparation technique
• Build optimized dashboards
• Apply concepts to real business scenarios
Who Should Join
Users with 6+ months of Tableau experience who want to deepen their skills and advance to the next level.
Outcome
By the end of the Tableau Desktop Intermediate Training, participants will have advanced skills in data preparation, LOD expressions, predictive analytics, and dashboard optimization. As a result, they will be able to create complex visualizations with greater confidence and precision. In addition, they will efficiently blend and transform data to improve analytical workflows. Ultimately, they will deliver high-impact dashboards that support strategic decision-making across the organization.
Table of Content
1. Restructure Data and Create Files
• Clean Data with Data Interpreter
– Steps to Use Data Interpreter
– When Data Interpreter is Not Available
• Pivot Data in the Data Grid
– Pivot Data
– Add Fields to a Pivot
• Split Data Field
– Divide a Column with Custom Split
– Custom Split Use Cases
– Calculated Fields Produced by Split and Custom Split
• Working With a Data Extract
– Advantages of Extracts
– Logical Tables vs Physical Tables in an Extract
– Create a Data Extract with Tableau Desktop
– Create Extracts While Authoring on the Web
– Add a Filter to an Extract
– Refresh a Data Extract
• Using Context Filters to Limit Scope
2. Do more with Data Sources
• Replacing Data Sources for Views
• Combining Tables Using Relationship and Join Calculations
• Creating Unions Using a Wildcard Search
– Use More Complex Wildcard Search Options
3. Create Calculated Fields
• Aggregating Dimensions in Advances Calculations
4. Control Table Calculations
• Creating and Customizing Table Calculations
– Create Custom Table Calculations
– The Basics: Addressing and Partitioning
– Compute Using Specific Dimensions
• Writing Table Calculations in the Calculated Field Editor
– Use the Calculated Field Editor for Custom Table Calculations
5. Create Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions
• Using Level of Details Expressions
• Using Filters with LOD Expressions
• Using Fixed LOD Expressions for Cohort Analysis
6. Distribution Views
• Bins And Histograms
– Create Bins from A Continuous Measure
– Create a Histogram from a Binned Dimension
• Generate Box-And-Whisker Plots
7. Map Data: Use Best Practices
• Using Marks Layers to Show More Data
• Using Best Practices to Make Effective Maps
8. Customize Tableau’s Geocoding
• Build a Map with Custom Geocoding
• Using a Background Image
– Plot Data on an Image
9. Build Advanced Dashboards
• Navigating Between Dashboards
• Using Show/Hide to Control Dashboard Containers
• Creating Custom Color and Shape palettes for Marks
• Filtering Across Data Sources