Course Details

In this Beginner Tableau Desktop course, you’ll build a strong foundation in Tableau’s most essential functions — the skills you’ll use again and again throughout your analytics journey. This course is designed to help you start strong and feel confident.

We begin with Data Preparation Techniques, such as using the Data Interpreter, working with data types, cleaning text fields, and understanding the difference between Live vs. Extract (Hyper) connections.

Then we move into Visualization Design, Control, and Filtering, covering critical tools like Grouping, Aliases, Sorting, Aggregation, and viewing underlying data. You’ll learn how to control both what is shown and how it’s presented.

Finally, you’ll create your first interactive dashboard, learning to design for insight, storytelling, and audience experience. By the end of this course, you won’t just know how Tableau works — you’ll know how to make it work for you.

  • Pre-requisite Knowledge / Skills

    This course is perfect for those with or who have explored Tableau briefly but want a structured, hands-on foundation. You don’t need any advanced data skills — just a willingness to learn the core operations of Tableau from the ground up.

  • Software Requirements

    You'll need Tableau Desktop (Trial or Licensed version) installed on your computer. The course guides you through all exercises using Tableau Desktop. You should be comfortable with basic computer navigation. No coding or advanced BI experience is required.

  • Course Outcomes

    By the end of this course, you’ll know how to prepare data, build and format visualizations, apply filters and controls, and develop your first interactive dashboards. You'll walk away with practical, job-ready skills used in real-world Tableau projects.

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Beginner Course

    2. Data Set Explained (File Attached)

    3. Data Interpreter, Splitting, Data Types, Sorting

    4. Data Extracts - Performance - Live Connections - Hyper Files

    1. Grouping - Aliases - Edit Group - View Data - Reuse Groups

    2. Sorting - Manual - Alphabetical - Field - Bar Charts

    3. Aggregates - Standard - Distinct Count - Count (Pre-Generated)

    4. Crosstabs and Heatmaps - Totals

    5. Filtering 1 - Basic - Keep Only Exclude - Multi Filters - Show Filters - Filter Dates - Filter

    6. Filtering 2 - Pre-filtering - Relative Filtering - Filter Views (Drop Down, Single) - Relevant

    7. Animation - Design - Time - Field Cycle

    8. Hierarchies - Discrete Hierarchies - Calendar - On the Fly - Custom Hierarchies

    9. Dual Axis - Synchronized Axis - Axis Formatting

    10. Measure Values and Names - Line - Bar - CrossTab

    11. Formulas - Ifnull, Addition, Order, Explicit, Aggregates

    12. Scatter Plots

    13. I'd love to hear what you think

    14. Hierarchies and Custom

    15. Pre-Filters

    16. Converting Between Discrete and Continuous or Dimension and Measure

    17. Multiple Measures

    18. Line Chart Dual Axis

    19. Dual Axis with Bars plus Bonus Boolean Check

    20. Measured Names and Values

    21. Getting Started With Scatter Plots

    22. Getting Started with Formulas - At Aggregate or Row Level - Ifnull

    23. Number Formats and Date Formats

    24. Default Formatting

    25. Grand Totals - Tables, Bars and Pies

    26. Getting Started with Maps

    27. Map Formatting Options

    28. Filtering Maps, Dual Axis

    29. Density Plots

    1. Dashboard Actions and Interactiveness

    2. Applying Filters on a Dashboard

    3. More Filters - Show Apply Button - Only Relevant Values

    4. Further Feedback

    1. Congratulations!

Coruse Details

  • 38 lessons
  • 4.5 hours of video content
  • Even More Visualizations
  • Core Design Principles
  • Dashboard Development

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