1. Tablueu:
Tableausoftware is‘rapid-fire’businessintelligence!It’saneasy-to-use,browser-basedanalyticsand
data visualizationtool thatisaccessible toanyone whowantstoknow more abouttheirdata. Ata
fractionof the cost of traditional businessintelligence software.
TableauCourse Content
Tableau– Desktop
Chapter1 - Creatingvisual analyticswithtableaudesktop
Overview
The shortcomingsof traditional informationanalysis
The businesscase forvisual analysis
The tableausoftware ecosystem
Introducingthe tableaudesktopworkspace
Notes
Chapter2 - Connectingtoyourdata
Overview
How to connectto yourdata
What are generatedvalues?
Knowingwhentouse a directconnectionora data extract
Joiningdatabase tableswithtableau
Blendingdifferentdatasourcesina single worksheet

2. How to deal withdataqualityproblems
Note
Chapter3 - Buildingyourfirstvisualization
Overview
Fast and easyanalysisviashowme
How showme works
Trendlinesandreference lines
Sortingdata intableau
Enhancingviewswithfilters,sets,groups,andhierarchies
Notes
Chapter4 - Creatingcalculationstoenhance yourdata
Overview
What isaggregation?
What are calculatedvaluesandtable calculations?
Usingthe calculationdialogbox tocreate calculatedvalues
Buildingformulasusingtable calculations
Usingtable calculationfunctions
Addingflexibilitytocalculationswithparameters
Usingthe functionreference appendix
Notes
Chapter5 - Using mapsto improve insight
Overview

3. Creatinga standardmap view
Plottingyourownlocationsona map
Replacingtableau’sstandardmaps
Usingcustom backgroundimagestoplotspatial data
Shapingdatato enable point-to-pointmapping
Animatingmapsusingthe pagesshelf orsliderfilters
Notes
Chapter6 - Developinganad hoc analysisenvironment
Overview
Generatingnewdatawithforecasts
Providingself-service adhocanalysiswithparameters
Editingviewsintableauserver
Note
Chapter7 - Tips,tricks,and timesavers
Overview
Savingtime andimprovingformatting
Improvingappearance toconveymeaningmore precisely
Customizingshapes,colors,fonts,andimages
Advancedcharttypes
Chapter8 - Bringingitall togetherwithdashboards
Overview
How dashboardfacilitatesanalysisand understanding

4. How tableauimprovesthe dashboardbuildingprocess
The wrong wayto builda dashboard
The right wayto builda dashboard
Bestpracticesfor dashboardbuilding
Buildingyourfirstadvanceddashboard
Sharingyourdashboardwithtableaureader
Sharingdashboardswithtableauonlineortableauserver
Designingformobile consumption
Usingthe tableauperformance recordertoimprove loadspeed
Notes
TableauServer
Chapter9 - Installingtableauserver
Overview
The reasonsto deploytableau server
Licensingoptionsfortableauserverandtableauonline
Determiningyourhardware andsoftware needs
Configuringtableauserverforthe firsttime
Whenand howto deployserveronmultiple physical machines
Deployingtableauserverinhighavailabilityenvironments
Leverage existingsecuritywithtrustedauthentication
Deployingtableauserverinmulti-national entities
Usingperformance recordertoimprove performance
Managing tableauserverinthe cloud

5. Monitoringactivityontableauserver
Notes
Chapter10 - Usingtableauservertofacilitate fact-basedteamcollaboration
Overview
Publishingdashboardsintableauserver
Organizingreportsforconsumption
Optionsforsecuringreports
Consuminginformationintableauserver
Authoringandediting reportsviaserver
Sharingconnections,datamodels,anddataextracts
Embeddingtableaureportssecurelyonthe web
Usingsubscriptionsto deliverreportsviae-mail
Notes
Chapter11 - Automatingserverwithtableau’scommandline tools
Overview
What do tabcmdand tabadmindo?
Installingthe commandline tools
What kindsof taskscan be done withtabcmd?
Learningto leverage tabcmd
Commonuse casesfor tabcmd
Usingtabadminfor administrative taskautomation
Case studies

6. Chapter12 - Use cases forrapid-fire visualanalytics
Overview
Rapid-fire analysisatapublicutility
Aggregatingdisparate datasourcesata large university
Analysisinamajor railwaylogisticsteam
Qualitymetricsina hospital
Planningfora successful tableaudeploymentatact
Employingvisual analyticstoaidsuccessionplanning
Appendices
Appendix A - Understandingandusingtableaufunctions
Organizationandkeyforappendix a
Alphabetical functionlist—summary
Notes
Appendix B - Tableaudata shaperexcel plug-in
Why isreshapingdesirable?
Usingthe reshaper
Installingthe reshaper
Appendix C - Interworksbookwebsite
Sample workbooks
Videotrainingfiles

7. Feature updatesonnewtableaureleases
Useful webresources
Recommendedreading