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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838984137
Length 370 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau
2. Building Your Data Model FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Answering Questions with Data
4. Working with Worksheets 5. Analyzing Data Using Charts 6. Visualizing Geographic Data 7. Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau 8. Section 3: Advanced Tableau
9. Tableau Table Calculations 10. Level of Detail Expressions 11. Leveraging Analytics Capabilities 12. Building Your Dashboards 13. Mock Test A + B (Assessment) 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

We have gone through some ways to model data in Tableau. At this stage, you know how to connect to a data source. You should also have seen how important the Data Source page is when it comes to modeling your data. You can make your life so much easier if you use many of the features that are available in this section.

The main takeaway for data modeling in Tableau is that it helps you prepare your workspace to answer questions using data. Taking the time to understand your business or project requirements will help you perform a better analysis. Tableau allows you to quickly connect to and build visualizations but the Data Source page should not be ignored. Tableau also adds extra features with new releases. In the next chapter, you will learn how to use the data that you have prepared to begin building your visualizations in order to share insights.

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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide
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