Design Your Data: Tableau Bootcamp Series | Washington, D.C.
About this workshop series
Data visualisations are a critical business tool. Students will learn how powerful a tool like Tableau can be to showcase data in a visually insightful manner.
Students will sign up for a free trial of Tableau Desktop and be given a large data set for hands-on training throughout the bootcamp. Together, we'll walk through the analytics workflow with a real world case study, using Tableau to build a dashboard to tell an insightful story.
We will cover:
- Connecting to data
- Measures v. Dimensions
- Tableau Tips and Tricks
- Filters, Parameters and Calculations
- Fundamentals of Data Visualization
- Creating Dashboards in Tableau
- Maps with Tableau
- Customisation
- Publishing with Tableau
- Tableau Desktop vs. Tableau Web vs. Tableau Reader
Takeaways
- Use the analytics workflow using Tableau using a sample real world case study
- Understand and use a variety of Tableau functionalities to build a sample dashboard
- Understand data visualisation concepts and fundamental principles
- Learn how a tool like Tableau can be used to perform analytics on real world-data
Prereqs & Preparation
- Student must bring a laptop with Tableau pre-installed. A free trial is available from http://www.tableau.com
- Complimentary tea & coffee are provided. We recommend bringing a packed lunch, or there is a Pret downstairs, a Tesco around the corner and Spitalfields Market a 5min walk away from GA London's campus.
