Tableau Desktop Certification

There are no pre-requisites, however exposure to Tableau Fundamentals is recommended

There is no certification exam associated with Desktop I & II: Accelerated training course

• Data Connections
• Organizing & Simplifying Data
• Field & Chart Types
• Calculations
• Mapping
• Analytics
• Dashboards

This course is likely to add to the employment-related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

• Tableau users
• Beginners dealing with data
• Data scientists
• Data engineers
• Professionals interested in Tableau certifications

• Connect to Tableau Server
• Describe connection options
• Connect to different data source types
• Join tables from single and multiple databases
• Blending
• Metadata Grid
• Pivot
• Union
• Data Interpreter
• Explain data extract formats and capabilities
• Create extracts with multiple tables
• Explain performance considerations between blends, joins, and cross-database joins
• Use Automatic and Custom Split
• Filter data
• Sort data
• Build groups
• Build hierarchies
• Build sets
• Explain the difference between measures and dimensions
• Explain the difference between discrete and continuous fields
• Explain how to utilise Tableau-generated fields
• Understand how and when to build:
• Histograms
• Heat maps
• Tree maps
• Bullet graphs
• Combined axis charts
• Dual axis charts
• Scatter plots
• Cross tabs
• Bar in bar charts
• Box plots
• Use titles, captions and tooltips effectively
• Edit axes
• Use mark labels and annotations
• Manipulate string and date calculations
• Create quick table calculations
• Use the level of detail (LOD) expressions
• Explain different types of LOD expressions
• Use Ad-hoc calculations
• Work with aggregation options
• Build logic statements
• Build arithmetic calculations
• Build grand totals and sub-totals
• Use calculations in join clauses
• Pan and Zoom
• Filtering
• Map layering
• Custom territories
• Lasso and Radial selection
• Geographic search
• Modify locations within Tableau
• Import and manage custom geocoding
• Use a background image map
• Connect to spatial files
• Use the following in visual analysis:
• Reference Lines
• Reference Bands
• Trend Lines
• Trend Model
• Forecasting
• Drag and Drop Analytics
• Box Plot
• Reference distributions
• Statistical summary card
• Instant Analytics
• Data Highlighter
• Build dashboards and stories
• Create dashboard actions
• Design dashboards for viewing on devices
• Utilise visual best practices for viewing on devices
• Describe publishing and sharing options