Overview of the Course

What is Data Visualization and Why Should we Use it

Exercise – Definition of Data Visualization

Key Elements of Effective Data Visualizations

Exercise – Identify and Explain your Favorite Visualization
Knowing Each Other

• Instructor Introduction
• Why Tableau is a Powerful Tool for Professionals
• What We Will Cover in this Course
• Compare Tableau Against Power BI and Qlik

• The Tableau Range of Products
• The 5 Tableau Products you should Know
• Installing Tableau Desktop on your System
• Installing Tableau Public on your System
• Difference Between Tableau Server and Tableau Online

• • Navigating the Tableau Interface (Part 1)
  • Navigating the Tableau Interface (Part 2)
  • Connecting to Data Sources in Tableau

• Understanding the Problem Statement
• Exercise – Hypothesis Generation
• Download the Superstore Dataset
• Loading the Dataset and Getting Familiar with the Variables

• Build your First Visualization in Tableau!
• Exercise – Modify your Visualization for Superstore
• Hands-On with Labels and Formatting
• Playing Around with Colors
• Using Filters to Build a Pivot Structure in Tableau
• Exercise – Design State and Segment Wise Pivot
• Exporting your Tableau Worksheet

• The Different Chart Types in Tableau
• Line Charts – Working with Time Series Data
• Building Line Charts in Tableau
• Exercise – Sales of Each Category Month-by-Month
• Generating Map Visualizations for Geospatial Analysis
• Map Visualizations in Tableau
• Exercise – Sales by City Analysis
• Bar Charts, Histograms, Scatter Plots, Bubble Charts, Pie Charts
• Dual Axis Charts in Tableau
• Date Dual Axis Charts in Tableau
• Exercise – Different Chart Types for the Leadership Team

• What are Calculated Fields?
• Feature Engineering in Tableau – Average Shipping Time
• Exercise – Number of Orders per State
• Calculating the Average Order Value
• Average Order Value for Product Sub-Categories
• Exercise – Create new Features for Superstore
• What are Parameters in Tableau?
• Using Parameters to find Top N Customers
• Using Parameters to Analyze Superstore’s Variable Values
• Exercise – Sales and Profit Parameters

• Joins and their Different Types in Tableau
• Performing Data Joining in Tableau
• What is Blending? How is it Different from Joins?
• Download the Coffee Chain Dataset
• Blending Data in Tableau

• • Introduction to Dashboards and their Use Cases
  • Reading Material – Dashboards in Tableau
  • Designing your First Dashboard in Tableau
  • Using Parameters to Create Dynamic Dashboards
  • Exercise – Design a Region-Level Dashboard
  • How to Upload your Work to the Tableau Public Gallery
  • Designing the Blueprint for a Multi-Dashboard View to Analyze Sales
  • Building Multiple Interlinked Dashboards in Tableau for our Business

• • The Art of Storytelling
  • 3-Step Storytelling Framework
  • Sketching the Story Blueprint
  • Profits by Region Analysis using Storyboard in Tableau
  • Exercise – Sales and Profit by Segment using Storyboards in Tableau

Where to go from here?