Lesson 1: Tableau Connections, Data Model, Preparation, and Visual Analytics Foundations
Lesson Overview
This lesson develops practical skills in tableau connections, data model, preparation, and visual analytics foundations for Tableau Dashboard Design and Data Storytelling Training.
Topics Covered
Tableau products, Desktop interface, worksheets, dashboards, stories, and workflow
Connections, extracts, live data, relationships, joins, unions, pivots, and data types
Dimensions, measures, discrete, continuous, dates, geographic fields, and hierarchies
Filters, groups, sets, bins, sorting, totals, and level of detail concepts
Data quality, metadata, aliases, default properties, and source validation
Question-driven analysis and worksheet planning
Practical Activity
Configure or analyze a scenario involving tableau products, desktop interface, worksheets, dashboards, stories, and workflow.
Build and validate an exercise covering connections, extracts, live data, relationships, joins, unions, pivots, and data types and dimensions, measures, discrete, continuous, dates, geographic fields, and hierarchies.
Use tests, logs, reports, or documentation to verify question-driven analysis and worksheet planning.
Key Takeaways
Explain tableau products, desktop interface, worksheets, dashboards, stories, and workflow in the context of Tableau Dashboard Design and Data Storytelling Training.
Apply practical methods for connections, extracts, live data, relationships, joins, unions, pivots, and data types and dimensions, measures, discrete, continuous, dates, geographic fields, and hierarchies.
Test, document, and troubleshoot question-driven analysis and worksheet planning.
