# Tableau Bootcamp (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/tableau-online>

## Overview

Recognized as the industry standard for chart creation, Tableau is a robust platform for building complex data visualizations—such as maps, charts, graphs, and other colorful, informative, and visually appealing displays. Tableau gives you full control over the look and feel of your work and makes it easy to compile your visualizations into stories and dashboards.

In this course, you’ll explore the field of data visualization and the range of tools available in Tableau Public. You’ll learn how to identify and connect to datasets, then explore, analyze, filter, and structure the data to create impactful visualizations. Building on the basics, you’ll work with advanced Tableau features, use geographic data to design maps, and customize your visualizations. By the end, you’ll be able to create, refine, and publish a wide variety of interactive visualizations.

## What you'll learn

- Connect to datasets in various formats, then clean, filter, and structure the data for effective visual storytelling
- Create a range of visualizations, including bar charts, line charts, treemaps, heat maps, and dual-axis charts
- Use Tableau’s calculation tools to create custom fields, apply aggregates, and deepen your data analysis
- Format charts using labels, tooltips, color, and axis adjustments to improve clarity and impact
- Work with geographic data to create interactive map visualizations such as choropleths and proportional symbol maps
- Customize dashboards and stories for various audiences and screen sizes using Tableau’s interactivity tools
- Integrate external mapping services and explore advanced visualization types like spider maps and alluvial diagrams
- Publish your work to Tableau Online and export dashboards for professional sharing and team collaboration

## Curriculum

### Module I: Working with Your Data

#### Understanding Data

- What is data
- Where to find data
- Foundations for building Data Visualizations
- Tableau Versions
- Tableau Workflow
- Tableau Chart Types

#### Working with your Data in Tableau

- Using Data file formats
- Connecting your Data to Tableau
- Cleaning-up the data with the Data Interpreter
- Structuring your data
- Sorting and filtering Tableau data
- Pivoting Tableau data

#### Creating your First Visualization

- Getting started with Tableau Software
- Using Data file formats 
  - CSV, TXT

- Connecting your Data to Tableau
- Creating basic charts (line, bar charts, Treemaps)
- Using the Show me panel

#### Tableau Calculations

- Overview of SUM, AVR and Aggregate features
- Creating custom calculations and fields
- Applying new data calculations to your visualization

#### Formatting your Visualization

- Formatting Tools and Menus
- Formatting specific parts of the view
- Editing and Formatting Axes

#### Working with your Data in Tableau

- Cleaning-up the data with the Data Interpreter
- Structuring your data
- Sorting and filtering Tableau data
- Pivoting Tableau data

#### Organizational tools

- Using Filters
- Using the Marks panel
- Using the Detail mark card
- Using the Size mark card
- Using the Label mark card
- Customizing filters
- Using and Customizing tooltips
- Formatting your data with colors

#### Distributing and Publishing your Visualization

- Tableau file types
- Publishing to Tableau Online
- Sharing your visualization
- Exporting your visualization

### Module II: Mapping & Advanced Visualizations

#### Intro to mapping data

- Concepts of mapping data
- Requirements in mapping data
- Formatting geographic data for Tableau
- Using Polygon data
- Using background images
- Integrating with Map Services - Mapbox, WMS
- Customizing map layers and map options

#### Creating Visualization Maps

- Creating Choropleth maps
- Creating Proportional Symbol maps
- Tracking data Over Time Using Maps & Pages
- What is a Density Map?
- Distributing and Publishing your map Visualization

#### Creating a Dual Axis Chart

- Dual Axis Charts
- Dual Axis (Layered) Maps
- Benefits of dual axis charts

#### More Chart Types

- Cyclical data and circular area chart
- Alluvial Diagram
- Ranking Chart
- Creating Spider maps
- Creating Heat maps

#### Creating dashboards and Stories

- Using Storytelling
- Creating your first dashboard and Story
- Design for different displays
- Adding interactivity to your Dashboard

#### Modifying and Updating Data

- Relinking Data Sources
- Swapping out Data Sources

#### Individualized Project Work

- Students will work with either provided data sets or their own data to work on individual projects during this supervised classroom time.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $499