Tableau Desktop Specialist certification : a prep guide with multiple learning styles to help you gain Tableau Desktop Specialist certification / Adam Mico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mico, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tableau (Computer file)--Examinations--Study guides.

Tableau (Computer file).

Information visualization--Computer programs--Examinations--Study guides.

Information visualization.

Visual analytics--Data processing--Examinations--Study guides.

Visual analytics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, Limited, [2023]

Summary:

Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification is a practical book full of exercises and examples that will help you master Tableau Desktop and successfully gain certification. This book includes complete, up-to-date coverage of the exam so you can attempt it with confidence, fully equipped to pass the first time.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Introduction to Tableau

Chapter 1: Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Overview

How will a Tableau Desktop Specialist certification help me?

United States

United Kingdom

Learning Tableau Desktop basics

Application basics (as of April 2022)

Connecting to data

Worksheets

Worksheets, dashboards, and stories

Worksheet Data pane basics

Show Me charts

Summary

Knowledge check

Chapter 2: Data Ingestion

Technical requirements

Data structure basics

Format

Basic data categorization and data types

Pivoted versus unpivoted data

Data cleanliness basics

Overview of the Data Source pane

Formatting fields in the Data Source pane

Core cleaning functions of the Data Source pane

Chapter 3: How to Interpret Data in a Tableau Visualization

Simple one-chart data visualization

Formatting a chart in Tableau

Filters and actions

Tooltips

Chapter 4: Working with Dimensions, Measures, and Marks (Oh My)

Grasping data dimensions

Data measures

Discrete versus continuous (blue versus green fields - otherwise known as pills)

The Tableau Marks section

Tableau mark types

Managing marks' appearance

Chapter 5: Calculations and Functions Syntax

Tableau functions

Number functions

String functions

Date functions

Logical functions

Basic aggregate functions

Other functions

Creating basic calculations in Tableau

Creating a (blank) calculated field

Building a calculation

Introduction to LOD expressions and parameters

LOD expressions

Parameters.

Order of operations

Part 2: Mastering the Exam

Chapter 6: Connecting to and Preparing Data

Creating live data connections and extracts

Live versus extracted connections

Creating a live data connection

Creating an extracted data connection and local data source

Creating and managing the data model

Managing data properties

Unions in Tableau Desktop and join basics

Unions

Join basics

Chapter 7: Understanding and Creating Fundamental Charts in Tableau

Creating fundamental charts

Bar chart

Crosstab (text table)

Highlight table (also known as a heat map)

Stacked bar chart

Line chart

Area chart

Scatter plot

Dual-axis chart

Filled map

Point maps

Density maps

Chapter 8: Data Organization and Worksheet Analytics

Organizing data

Grouping data

Creating hierarchies

Working with sets

Applying analytics at the worksheet level

Managing manual/computed sorting

Dynamic sorting

Adding reference lines

Reference line instructions

Working with basic table calculations

Basic table calculation instructions

Understanding the basics of parameters

Creating bins and histograms

Instructions for creating a bin and a histogram

Chapter 9: Sharing Insights

Formatting a visualization for presentation

Using colors from the Marks card

Configuring fonts

Formatting marks as shapes

Configuring visualization animations

Changing the size of marks

Showing and hiding legends

Creating and modifying a simple dashboard

Dashboard pre-work

Viewing and sharing workbook data

Sharing a workbook as a file or on a server.

View and export underlying data

Part 3: The Final Prep

Chapter 10: Exam Preparation

Preparation through examination scheduling

Examination basics

Preparing for the online examination before the day of the exam

Scheduling the examination and additional preparation

Final examination preparation

Post-scheduling preparation

Exam day preparation

Once the examination is done

Chapter 11: Mock Test

Mock exam

Start the exam

Exam answers

Exam scoring

Basic scoring

Domain scoring

What's next?

Index

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781803232690

1803232692

OCLC:

1369031321