Tableau Course: Level 1A

Data analysis and analytics. Uncover insights and transform your organisation.

COVID-19 update: arrangement of our courses

We are now delivering courses online and in-person. Please check the delivery format of each class before enrolling.

Please note that course materials (excluding prescribed texts) are shared electronically within 48 hours of course commencement. Printing is not available.

In this introductory Tableau course, you will learn the basics of how to analyse data, create charts and tell stories. Turn your data into actionable insights with Tableau’s data management, visualisation, interactive dashboard and online sharing capabilities. Tableau enables you to perform essential tasks for many of today’s research, analysis and business intelligence jobs.

This instructor-led course will build your skills in analysing data through the use of Tableau charts and Tableau data functions, so that you will have the confidence to immediately apply this learning in your own workplace. This is achieved through hands-on exercises that will give you the practical steps needed for using Tableau, with confidence.

This course will build your skills in creating stylish visualisations and dashboards that can be used to explain complexity with clarity. In so doing, you will learn how effective data storytelling can be used to improve business decision-making.

After completing this course, we encourage you to proceed with Tableau Course: Level 1B.

Please use the CCE Tableau self-assessment tool if you are unsure which course level to enrol in. 

Aims

The course aims to build your skills in:

• performing basic functions in Tableau
• connecting to data sources, importing data into Tableau and saving Tableau files
• managing, sorting and grouping data
• filtering data in views
• creating maps, dashboards, visualisations and stories
• saving and sharing data sources and workbooks.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• prepare and clean data so that Tableau displays the best answers to your questions
• analyse data using Tableau data functions
• build effective visualisations and dashboards in Tableau
• share dashboards and visualisations for telling a story
• tell stories with data to aid decision-making.

Content

Downloading Tableau

• Tableau Public
• Tableau licensed versions

Connecting Tableau to data files

• Excel
• CSV
• Other file formats

Tableau worksheets

• Understanding the Tableau workspace
• An overview of the worksheet
• Meaning of icons

Tableau Data Properties

• How to define the data type in Tableau
• Data properties and data fields
• Change data type for a data field (number, date, string, Boolean, etc.)
• Manage data properties (dimensions, measures)
• Manage data fields (discrete, continuous)

Tableau Data Commands

• Filtering
• Sorting
• Grouping
• Hierarchies

Tableau Chart functions

• How to create a basic chart
• Line chart
• Bar chart
• Scatter Plots
• Pie Charts
• Effective Use of Titles and Captions

Tableau Data Analysis

• Basic arithmetic calculations with Tableau
• Working with Statistics and Trend lines

Creating visualisations and story-telling with Tableau

• Creating visualisations with data sets provided
• Building a Dashboard

Saving and sharing data

• Share Workbooks for Collaboration
• Save and Publish Data Sources

Intended audience

This course is designed for the beginner Tableau user. It will help you understand and use the basic techniques within Tableau for creating visualisations. This is a slower-paced class for users who need time to grasp the fundamental concepts relating to use of Tableau.

Prerequisites

It is assumed you have data literacy knowledge to the level of performing basic data analysis tasks in Microsoft Excel.

Delivery modes

• Face-to-face, presenter-taught training using your own device
• Online training via the platform Zoom

Delivery style

Face-to-face classes

These classes run in a classroom and you need to bring your own device with Tableau installed. You should ensure it is fully charged as access to power is limited. Please note that the University does not carry any responsibility for your lost, stolen, or damaged devices whilst on the University premises.

Online classes

You will need your own device with Tableau installed.

Materials

Training materials, including a mixture of step-by-step instructions and exercises are provided electronically. These materials will serve as a useful reference when working with Tableau in the future.

Before the course

Tableau software is required and can be downloaded free of charge from Tableau Public.

Recommended reading

Tableau online learning materials