Master Tableau: Pass the Desktop Specialist Exam with Confidence

What you will learn:

Master the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam format and strategies.
Develop practical skills for Tableau Desktop Specialist exam success.
Become proficient in Tableau's interface and tools.
Connect seamlessly to various data sources, including SQL and cloud services.
Create and manage complex data models using joins, relationships, and data blending.
Apply advanced analytics like LOD expressions and table calculations.
Prepare thoroughly with realistic simulated exam practice tests.
Master data filtering and sorting for clear and effective data analysis.

Description

Ready to become a Tableau Desktop Specialist? This intensive course provides everything you need to confidently ace the exam and launch your data visualization career. Don't just pass—master Tableau's powerful features.

We go beyond simple memorization. This course delivers:

10+ hours of high-quality video instruction covering every exam topic in detail.
13 engaging quizzes and practical assignments to reinforce learning and build skills.
Two realistic Tableau Desktop Specialist mock exams to simulate the actual exam experience.

This course is your roadmap to success. You'll learn to:

Build a robust foundation in data visualization principles and Tableau's capabilities.
Gain practical expertise: Connect to diverse data sources, manage data properties, and create stunning visualizations.
Sharpen your analytical abilities: Perform complex calculations, leverage built-in analytics, and craft compelling dashboards and stories.

Why choose Tableau? It's the industry-leading business intelligence and data visualization tool. Its intuitive interface makes it accessible yet powerful enough for advanced analytics. This course will make you proficient in:

Connecting to various databases, including SQL Server, and cloud storage.
Designing effective data models with joins, relationships, and unions.
Crafting captivating visualizations—bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, maps, and more.
Mastering powerful calculations, including LOD expressions and table calculations.
Building interactive dashboards and compelling stories.

This isn't just about passing an exam; it's about transforming your data skills. Our structured approach, combined with ample practice, will prepare you for both the exam and real-world applications. Enroll today and unlock your potential as a Tableau expert!

Curriculum

Introduction

This introductory section lays the groundwork for your Tableau journey. You'll gain an understanding of the course structure, the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam format, and access essential resources to support your learning. Lectures cover introductory concepts and setting expectations for the course. The section concludes with a motivational milestone lecture.

Things to know before you start preparing for the exam

Before diving into the exam curriculum, this section provides crucial context. You'll explore the data visualization process, understand the different Tableau products and licensing options, and complete a short quiz to assess your initial knowledge.

The Exam curriculum begins here

This section formally begins the exam curriculum by outlining the structure of the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam and guiding you through the process of installing Tableau Desktop or using Tableau Public for practice.

Create live connections and extracts

Master the art of connecting to data sources. You'll learn to create live connections and extracts, understand the differences between them, and connect to various sources like SQL databases and cloud storage services. Each subsection includes a quiz and a practical assignment to solidify your understanding.

Create and manage the data model

This section focuses on building robust data models. You will learn to combine data from multiple tables, add relationships, understand cardinality and referential integrity, use different join types (inner, left, right, full outer, and unions), and determine when to use joins vs. relationships. The section ends with a visualization screen overview, quizzes and assignments.

Manage data properties

Understand how to manage your data effectively within Tableau. Learn the distinction between dimensions and measures, discrete and continuous fields, and how to modify default data properties. This section includes quizzes and practical assignments to reinforce learning.

Exploring Data

This section introduces you to fundamental data exploration techniques using Tableau. You will learn to build bar charts, line charts, and scatter plots. Each chart type is reinforced with quizzes and assignments.

Customizing charts using Marks shelf

Take your visualizations to the next level by learning to customize your charts using the marks shelf. You will learn about marks cards and how to use them effectively to enhance your charts. The section concludes with quizzes and assignments.

Other important charts

Expand your chart-building skills with this section, covering heat maps, text tables, highlight tables, pie charts, area charts, treemaps, dual combination charts, histograms, and creating custom hierarchies and bins. Quizzes and assignments are included.

Organize data and apply filters

Learn powerful data organization and filtering techniques. Topics include data grouping, various filter types (dimension, measure, date-time), filter options, filter order of operations, and sorting options. The section contains multiple quizzes and assignments.

Map chart in Tableau

Master creating compelling maps in Tableau. Learn how to make map charts, address pre-mapping considerations, customize map elements, work with layers, visual toolbars, and background images, handle territories, and manage data blending for geocoding issues. Quizzes and assignments round out this section.

Calculations and Analytics

This section dives into advanced analytical techniques. You will learn about various functions, table calculations, Level of Detail (LOD) expressions (with multiple examples), calculated fields, and applying analytics to worksheets. Quizzes and assignments are included for practice.

Sets and Parameters

Learn to utilize sets and parameters for dynamic data analysis. Topics cover understanding and creating sets, and working with parameters. Quizzes and assignments are included.

Create and modify a dashboard

Build interactive dashboards and stories to effectively communicate your insights. This section will cover dashboard layout, and creating stories. Quizzes and assignments are included.

Saving and Sharing your work

Learn best practices for saving and sharing your Tableau work, including workbooks, data, views, and dashboards. The section includes several quizzes and a comprehensive interview preparation section with practical tasks.

Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam Practice Sets

Test your readiness with two comprehensive Tableau Desktop Specialist mock exams (45 questions each), designed to mirror the real exam format. Data sets are provided for each practice test.

Congratulations and about your certificate

This final section celebrates your accomplishment and provides information about your certificate, along with a bonus lecture.