Exercises
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Reverse Engineer Tableau Charts: A Step-by-Step Guide
Browse Tableau Public to find a visualization that catches your eye. Look for something that appears complex, visually appealing, or uses a chart type you'd like to learn more about. Learn how to analyze the Fields (dimensions, measures, and calculations) and uncover the secrets of the Marks Card (color, size, labels, and tooltips) to truly understand how compelling visualizations are built.
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Tableau Time: Date Driven Filters & Calculations.
Learn how to effectively visualize project timelines with date ranges in Gantt charts, create custom date calculations for nuanced insights, utilize Level of Detail (LOD) expressions to analyze data across different time granularities, and master date filters to focus on specific periods.
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Titles, Labels, Annotations, & Headings
Master Tableau Mark Labels to display data directly on your marks, customize Titles with field data, avoid “All”, understand Headings in tables, and add headings for Text tile fields.
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Apply Filters Button
Learn a simple yet powerful Tableau trick to streamline your analysis! Discover how to implement "Apply Filters" and "Reset Filters" buttons.
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Formatting
In this leisurely stroll through Tableau formatting we’ll look at headers, axes, lines, colors, & text. We’ll customize visuals with shading, borders, and number formats.
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Crafting Impactful Insights Through Storytelling
This exercise explores the creation and presentation of compelling data narratives, framing the process as a journey from initial questions to actionable outcomes, such as solutions, opportunities, or well-informed decisions.
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From Mess to Minimalist
This example uses LOD and table calculations to find an employee’s weighted percent of goal.
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Connect to Multiple Data Sources
In this exercise, we begin with a default relationship with two connections. Next, we explore joins and look at the new table joins create. Finally, we look at two data sources with data blending on a worksheet.
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How to Replace a Data Source
After replacing a data source, we’ll fix several errors highlighted with red fields, red warnings, and red exclamation marks.
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The Accidental Analyst
Explore data to uncover new insights.
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Filter the View, not the Underlying Data
Filter the view but still use all the data in calculations
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Drop-down Sheet Selector & Dynamic Zones
Create a dashboard that navigates between three different views and corresponding filter controls.
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Box and Whisker Plot
Create a box and whisker plot and add mark labels.
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Sheet Selection Menu
Use a parameter as a “menu” to switch between two worksheets.
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Level of Detail Expressions
Explore how totals change with different level of detail expressions.
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Select Top 3
Explore several exercises to select Top N with sets, filters, and parameters.
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Avoid 'All' in a Date Title With a Parameter
Use a calculated field and parameter to add a date to a title.
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Data Update Date
Use a calculated field and parameter to retrieve the last date data was updated.