Training on Data Visualization using Tableau

Training Course on Data Visualization using Tableau

Venue: Kigali Rwanda

18 - 22, Mar 2024  https://bit.ly/491nWug

13 - 17, May 2024  https://bit.ly/491nWug

15 - 19, Jul 2024   https://bit.ly/491nWug

09 - 13, Sep 2024  https://bit.ly/491nWug

25 - 29, Nov 2024   https://bit.ly/491nWug

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About the Course

Monitoring and evaluation professionals and researchers constantly endevour to analyze and communicate through data. This training course will focus on how to analyze data, discover patterns, and convert them into compelling graphics. Tableau is a data analysis and visualization tool that enables users to create effective, interesting, and useful visualizations in the form of dashboards and worksheets. Tableau is self-reliant and can blend diverse data sets with minimum scripting as everything is done by drag and drop. This course will also focus on report publishing and dashboard creation. Participants will be shown how to use the power of Tableau in facilitating more data-driven decisions.

Target Participants

This training is designed for professionals who want to build their capacity in the field of data analytics using Tableau.

What you will learn

By the end of the course the learner should be able to:

• Understand the importance of data analytics
• Learn data visualization principles
• Understand Tableau architecture
• Explore data analysis using Tableau in-built options and default visualizations
• Gain skills on data blending and data extraction
• Perform basic to advanced chart generation used in Tableau
• Produce maps, dashboards and stories
• Execute data mining using Tableau with ease
• Understand Tableau – R integration

Course duration

5 days

Course Outline

Module 1: Data Preparation and Connection with Tableau Prep

Data Preparation using Tableau Prep

• Data Visualization
• Business Intelligence tools
• Introduction to Tableau
• Tableau Architecture
• Tableau Server Architecture

Data Connection with Tableau Desktop

• Features of Tableau Desktop
• Connect to data from File and Database
• Types of Connections
• Joins and Unions
• Data Blending
• Tableau Desktop User Interface
• Basic project: Create a workbook and publish it on Tableau Online

Module 2: Basic Visual Analytics and Calculations in Tableau

Basic Visual Analytics

• Basic Charts: Bar Chart, Line Chart, and Pie Chart
• Hierarchies
• Data Granularity
• Highlighting
• Sorting
• Filtering
• Grouping
• Sets

Calculations in Tableau

• Types of Calculations
• Built-in Functions (Number, String, Date, Logical and Aggregate)
• Operators and Syntax Conventions
• Table Calculations
• Level Of Detail (LOD) Calculations

Advanced Visual Analytics

• Parameters
• Tool tips
• Trend lines
• Reference lines
• Forecasting
• Clustering

Module 3: Geographic Visualizations in Tableau

• Introduction to Geographic Visualizations
• Manually assigning Geographical Locations
• Types of Maps
• Spatial Files
• Custom Geocoding
• Polygon Maps
• Web Map Services

Module 4: Advanced Charts in Tableau

• Box and Whisker’s Plot
• Bullet Chart
• Bar in Bar Chart
• Gantt Chart
• Waterfall Chart
• Pareto Chart
• Control Chart
• Funnel Chart
• Bump Chart
• Step and Jump Lines
• Word Cloud
• Donut Chart

Module 5: Dashboards, Stories and Exploring Tableau Online

Dashboards and Stories

• Introduction to Dashboards
• The Dashboard Interface
• Dashboard Objects
• Building a Dashboard
• Dashboard Layouts and Formatting
• Interactive Dashboards with actions
• Designing Dashboards for devices

Exploring Tableau Online

• Publishing Workbooks to Tableau Online
• Interacting with Content on Tableau Online
• Data Management through Tableau Catalog
• AI-Powered features in Tableau Online (Ask Data and Explain Data)
• Understand Scheduling
• Managing Permissions on Tableau Online
• Data Security with Filters in Tableau Online