Tableau Certified Data Analyst Study Guide - Helion

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Autor: Christopher Gardner
ISBN: 9781098175030
stron: 368, Format: ebook
Data wydania: 2025-05-14
Księgarnia: Helion

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In today's data-driven world, earning the Tableau Certified Data Analyst credential signals your ability to connect, analyze, and communicate insights using one of the industry's leading visualization platforms. This study guide offers practical and comprehensive preparation for the certification exam, with walk-throughs, best practices, vocabulary, and example questions to help you build both confidence and competence in Tableau.

Written by Christopher Gardner, business intelligence analyst and lead Tableau developer at the University of Michigan, this guide supports first-time test-takers and seasoned users alike. You'll begin with foundational skills in Tableau Prep Builder and Tableau Desktop—connecting, combining, and preparing data—before progressing to building effective visualizations, performing calculations, and applying advanced tools like level-of-detail expressions, parameters, forecasts, and predictive analytics.

Read, manipulate, and prepare data for analysis
Navigate Tableau's tools to build impactful visualizations
Write calculations and functions to enhance your dashboards
Share your work responsibly with secure publishing options

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Spis treści

Tableau Certified Data Analyst Study Guide eBook -- spis treści

Preface
- Why Tableau?
- Certification
- Exam Structure
- Exam Format
  - Taking an Exam at Tableau Conference
  - Taking an Exam at a Certified Testing Center
  - Taking the Exam Online
- Getting Your Results
- What Is Covered
- Studying for the Exam
- Final Thoughts
- Conventions Used in This Book
- OReilly Online Learning
- How to Contact Us
- Acknowledgments
1. Connect to and Transform Data
- Choosing a Data Source
- Connecting to Data
  - Local Files
  - Relational Databases
  - Published Data Sources
- Live Versus Extracted Data
  - Live Data
  - Extract Data Features and Options
  - File Types
  - Working with Extracts
- Combining Data
  - Joins
  - Relationships
  - Blends
  - Unions
- Manipulating Data
  - Cleaning Data in Tableau Prep Builder
  - Cleaning Data in Tableau Desktop
  - Extract Filters and Data Source Filters
- Working with Existing Data Sources
  - Replacing Data Sources
  - Modifying Published Data Sources
- Conclusion
2. Exploring Data: Getting Familiar with the Tableau Desktop Interface
- A Tour of the Interface
  - The Data Pane
  - The Visualization Area
  - Marks, Filters, and Pages
- Filters Card
  - Filters Overview
  - Dimension Filters
  - Measure Filters
  - Date Filters
- Marks Card
  - Chart Pull-Down Menu
  - Color
  - Size
  - Label/Text
  - Detail
  - Tooltip
  - Shape, Path, or Angle
- Conclusion
3. Analyzing Data in Tableau Desktop
- Quickly Building Basic Visualization Types
  - Bar Charts
  - Lines and Area Charts
  - Scatter Plots
  - Text-Based Charts
  - Maps
  - Pies, Treemaps, and Bubbles
- Multiple Measure Charts
  - Measure Names and Measure Values
  - Dual Axis
- Table Calculations
  - How to Build a Table Calculation
  - The Edit Calculation Window
  - Types of Table Calculations
  - Compute Using
  - Deeper Levels of Table Calculations
- Calculated Fields
  - How to Create Calculated Fields
  - Features of Calculated Fields
  - Mathematical Calculations
  - String-Based Calculations
  - Data Type Conversion Calculations
  - Date and Time Calculations
  - Logical Calculations
- Levels of Detail
  - FIXED Function
  - INCLUDE Function
  - EXCLUDE Function
  - Expanding on Level of Detail Functions
- Grouping Data in Tableau
  - Groups
  - Sets
- Bins
- Analytics Pane
  - Summarization Tools
  - Modeling Tools
  - Reference Lines
- Conclusion
4. Developing User Interactions
- Filter Controls
  - End-User Filter Controls
  - Configuring Filter Controls
- Sorts
  - Default Sorting
  - The Sort Window
  - Understanding Nested Sorts
- Reference Lines, Bands, and Boxes
  - Line
  - Band
  - Distribution
  - Box Plot
- Parameters
  - Creating a Parameter Manually
  - Making Parameters Accessible
  - Alternate Methods for Creating Parameters
  - Parameters with Calculated Fields
- Hierarchies
- Formatting the Chart
  - Format Font
  - Format Alignment
  - Format Shading
  - Format Borders
  - Format Lines
- Formatting External Chart Components
  - Chart Controls Formatting
  - Formatting Chart Titles
- Additional Formatting Options
  - Totals and Grand Totals
  - Edit Axis
  - Annotation
  - Null and Missing Values
- Conclusion
5. Combining Visualizations in Dashboards and Stories
- Dashboards
  - Dashboard Interface
  - Dashboard Objects
  - Building a Floating Layout
  - Building a Tiled Layout
  - Additional Dashboard Features
- Dashboard Actions
- Stories
- Conclusion
6. Distributing and Sharing Your Visualizations
- Publishing to Server or Cloud
  - Publishing Data Flows
  - Publishing Data Sources
  - Publishing Workbooks
- Managing Workbooks on the Server
- Managing Server Permissions and Access
  - Understanding Tableau Server Structure
  - The Layers of Permissions
  - Project Security
  - Permission Levels
  - Actions Controlled by Permissions
- User-Based Workbook Controls
  - Custom Views
  - Subscriptions
  - Watch Data/Data Alerts
  - Additional User Controls
- Conclusion
A. Practice Exam
B. Answer Key for the Practice Exam
Index