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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide
Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide: Develop your Tableau skills and prepare for Tableau certification with tips from industry experts

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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Building Your Data Model

Data analysis and visualization go hand in hand. Tableau allows users to perform in-depth data analysis and share results via interactive visualizations. Tableau includes numerous data modeling capabilities that allow users to make sense of data and to obtain meaningful insights, without having to deal with advanced database concepts. Data modeling is an important concept, and the more data you are working with, the more important it is.

As the amount of information we work with grows, we need to be able to efficiently perform analysis. Data modeling allows us to not only prepare for our analysis but to also make it as efficient as possible. At the end of the day, we use data to help us make better decisions. Spending time learning how we can model the data will help us identify what questions we can answer, and how to answer them. Regardless of the size...

Technical requirements

This chapter uses the Global Superstore dataset, which can be found at https://www.tableau.com/sites/default/files/getting_started_data_sets.zip.

Once extracted, you will see two files:

  • Global Superstore Orders 2016
  • Global Superstore Returns 2016
We believe that following along is the best way to learn and become comfortable with any application. Follow along using the examples provided in this chapter, or find a dataset that you are interested in.

Initial preparation

Before connecting to your data, you need to do a few things. First, you must look for data that will answer your questions. Once you have validated that it exists, where it is stored and how to acquire access/permissions (if necessary). In most cases, you will be connecting directly to a database using a username and password. However, you can also connect to files such as Excel workbooks on your local machine. You can even use a combination of both if needs be.

The Global Superstore dataset

The Global Superstore dataset is data from a fictional global retail chain that sells office supplies. In the real world, you will most likely be connecting to databases; however, working with Excel files is similar...

Connecting to your data

Before diving into your data, you have to connect to it. Tableau allows you to connect to numerous data sources. You can connect to files on your local machine, to databases on servers, or other database sources. Tableau allows users to connect to numerous data sources – for a full list, visit Tableau's website to view a comprehensive and up-to-date list. The types of data sources you can connect with are listed in the Connect pane of the start page. Files that you have recently connected to will appear on this page as well.

Depending on which version of Tableau Desktop you are using, you will have access to different built-in connectors. Search for your required connection type to connect to your data. If you are connecting to a commonly used connector then it is almost certain to be available. If the file or database that you need to connect...

Building your data model

Building your data model consists of how you combine your data before you analyze it. There are numerous factors to take into account when determining a data model structure – the amount of data, type of data, granularity of the data, number of data sources, and so on. The Data Source page is where we will set up how Tableau interprets the data from the data source. The settings we modify on this page tell Tableau where to find the data (for example, network location, server name, and more) and what data is available, and it allows us to customize the data that is brought in (for example, change field names, create new columns based on calculations, and more).
Tableau allows you to easily combine data from different sources. Here are the various ways in which we can join data together on the Data Source page.

  • Data from a single source: The workflow...
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  • Prepare for the Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam with the help of tips and techniques shared by experts
  • Implement Tableau’s advanced analytical capabilities such as forecasting
  • Delve into advanced Tableau features and explore best practices for building dashboards

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The Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam measures your knowledge of Tableau Desktop and your ability to work with data and data visualization techniques. This book will help you to become well-versed in Tableau software and use its business intelligence (BI) features to solve BI and analytics challenges. With the help of this book, you'll explore the authors' success stories and their experience with Tableau. You'll start by understanding the importance of Tableau certification and the different certification exams, along with covering the exam format, Tableau basics, and best practices for preparing data for analysis and visualization. The book builds on your knowledge of advanced Tableau topics such as table calculations for solving problems. You'll learn to effectively visualize geographic data using vector maps. Later, you'll discover the analytics capabilities of Tableau by learning how to use features such as forecasting. Finally, you'll understand how to build and customize dashboards, while ensuring they convey information effectively. Every chapter has examples and tests to reinforce your learning, along with mock tests in the last section. By the end of this book, you'll be able to efficiently prepare for the certification exam with the help of mock tests, detailed explanations, and expert advice from the authors.

Who is this book for?

This Tableau certification book is for business analysts, BI professionals, and data analysts who want to become certified Tableau Desktop Associates and solve a range of data science and business intelligence problems using this example-packed guide. Some experience in Tableau Desktop is expected to get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

  • Apply Tableau best practices to analyze and visualize data
  • Use Tableau to visualize geographic data using vector maps
  • Create charts to gain productive insights into data and make quality-driven decisions
  • Implement advanced analytics techniques to identify and forecast key values
  • Prepare customized table calculations to compute specific values
  • Answer questions based on the Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam with the help of mock tests

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Table of Contents

14 Chapters
Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building Your Data Model Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Answering Questions with Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Worksheets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Analyzing Data Using Charts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Visualizing Geographic Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Advanced Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Tableau Table Calculations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Level of Detail Expressions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Leveraging Analytics Capabilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building Your Dashboards Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Mock Test A + B (Assessment) Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Tableau provides free videos that cover most of the info. Information is great if you have little to no experience with Tableau, but it’s not very in depth. The data to follow along with isn’t consistent with what is in the book, so the numbers won’t match up and the hands on practice questions aren’t hugely usable.
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