# Tableau Level I Course

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

## Overview

#### Tableau: Your All-Purpose Data Visualization Tool

Widely recognized as the industry standard for building all types of charts, Tableau is a powerful platform for creating advanced data visualizations—colorful, informative, and visually engaging. With Tableau, you can easily customize your visuals and organize them into a story or dashboard.

#### Make Charts, Graphs, & More

This beginner-friendly class introduces you to Tableau Public, the free version of Tableau with a wide range of tools for producing dynamic visualizations. You’ll jump right in—once you connect to datasets, you’ll start building and refining charts, graphs, and other compelling data displays.

## What you'll learn

- Understand the types, formats, and sources of data, and how to connect them to Tableau
- Create foundational visualizations such as bar charts, line graphs, and treemaps using the “Show Me” panel
- Use built-in functions and custom calculations to analyze and manipulate your data within visualizations
- Clean and organize raw data using tools like the Data Interpreter, pivot features, and filters
- Build interactive dashboards and stories that combine multiple views for dynamic storytelling
- Format and publish your visualizations to Tableau Online, or export them for sharing and presentation

## Curriculum

#### Understanding Data

- What is data
- Where to find data
- Foundations for building Data Visualizations

#### Creating Your First visualization

- Getting started with Tableau Software
- Using Data file formats
- Connecting your Data to Tableau
- Creating basic charts (line, bar charts, Treemaps)
- Using the Show me panel

#### Tableau Calculations

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

#### Formatting Visualizations

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

#### Manipulating Data in Tableau

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

#### Advanced Visualization Tools

- Using Filters
- Using the Detail panel
- Using the Size panels
- Customizing filters
- Using and Customizing tooltips
- Formatting your data with colors

#### Creating Dashboards & Stories

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

#### Distributing & Publishing Your Visualization

- Tableau file types
- Publishing to Tableau Online
- Sharing your visualization
- Printing and exporting

## Schedule
- May 28, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 14, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 2, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $299