Data Visualization with Tableau Proficiency (Advanced Level)

Topics covered

• add dashboard extensions and use them in dashboard layouts
• add interactivity to a dashboard using actions like filtering
• assign geographic roles to fields in order to use the roles to create a map view
• create ad-hoc calculations using existing fields
• create groups from fields in the Data pane and use Include an Other Group to compare specific groups against every other group
• create logical calculations to determine if certain conditions are true or false
• create parameters and apply filtering in Tableau
• create simple LOD expressions and use them in visualizations
• create stories and add story points in Tableau Desktop
• demonstrate the approach to setting default aggregation for any measure which is not a calculated field and disaggregate all measures in the view
• demonstrate the process involved in creating density heat maps in Tableau Desktop
• demonstrate the use of Radial, Rectangular, and Lasso selection tools
• embed visualizations within tooltips
• highlight data to provide description for dashboard elements
• identify the different cloud data sources that are available
• manually edit and troubleshoot the field relationship settings when blending data in Tableau Desktop
• set up dual-axis charts using both number and date fields
• use Google Maps to quickly generate directions to the points identified in a map
• use nested table calculations in a view
• use the formatting tools in Tableau Desktop to customize formatting options in worksheets, dashboards, stories and individual objects