In this course, you will push your data analysis skills in Tableau Desktop to the next level. You’ll determine when to create extracts and when to use joins, unions, and blends to modify data connections. You’ll learn to filter across data sources and analyze subsets of data using context filters and sets. You’ll go further with calculations, using LOD expressions and specifying options to control table calculations, and you’ll do more with mapping. To enable analysis, you’ll create parameters and user controls, and show data trends and forecasts, as well as data distributions. Round out your skills by designing dashboards that incorporate visual best practices.

Learning Objectives

• Combine data from multiple tables using joins and unions, and learn when to use blends.
• Use extracts to improve performance.
• Build advanced chart types, including bar-in-bar and bullet graphs.
• Use advanced calculations and table calculations to modify data as needed for analysis.
• Use statistical techniques to analyze your data.
• Use parameters and input controls to support audience analysis.
• Implement advanced geographic mapping techniques and use custom images and geocoding to build visualizations of non-geographic data.
• Build better dashboards using techniques for guided analytics, interactive dashboard design, and visual best practices.