Monday, 17 February 2014

Tableau Training in Bangalore

Hi All,


We are providing classroom and Online training on Tableau in Marathahalli, Bangalore.

If you are interested please contact us.

Email: AvaramTechnologies@gmail.com

Mobile: +91-78294 15003


Course content: 



Tableau - Desktop


Chapter 1 - Creating visual analytics with tableau desktop
  •  Overview
  •  The shortcomings of traditional information analysis
  •  The business case for visual analysis
  •  The tableau software ecosystem
  •  Introducing the tableau desktop workspace
  •  Notes
Chapter 2 - Connecting to your data
  •  Overview
  •  How to connect to your data
  •  What are generated values?
  •  Knowing when to use a direct connection or a data extract
  •  Joining database tables with tableau
  •  Blending different data sources in a single worksheet
  •  How to deal with data quality problems
  •  Note
Chapter 3 - Building your first visualization

  •  Overview

  •  Fast and easy analysis via show me

  •  How show me works

  •  Trend lines and reference lines

  •  Sorting data in tableau

  •  Enhancing views with filters, sets, groups, and hierarchies

  •  Notes
Chapter 4 - Creating calculations to enhance your data
  •  Overview
  •  What is aggregation?
  •  What are calculated values and table calculations?

  •  Using the calculation dialog box to create calculated values
  •  Building formulas using table calculations
  •  Using table calculation functions
  •  Adding flexibility to calculations with parameters
  •  Using the function reference appendix
  •  Notes
Chapter 5 - Using maps to improve insight
  •  Overview
  •  Creating a standard map view
  •  Plotting your own locations on a map
  •  Replacing tableau's standard maps
  •  Using custom background images to plot spatial data
  •  Shaping data to enable point-to-point mapping
  •  Animating maps using the pages shelf or slider filters
  •  Notes
Chapter 6 - Developing an ad hoc analysis environment
  •  Overview
  •  Generating new data with forecasts
  •  Providing self-service ad hoc analysis with parameters
  •  Editing views in tableau server
  •  Note
Chapter 7 - Tips, tricks, and time savers
  •  Overview
  •  Saving time and improving formatting
  •  Improving appearance to convey meaning more precisely
  •  Customizing shapes, colors, fonts, and images
  •  Advanced chart types

Chapter 8 - Bringing it all together with dashboards
  •  Overview
  •  How dashboard facilitates analysis and understanding
  •  How tableau improves the dashboard building process
  •  The wrong way to build a dashboard
  •  The right way to build a dashboard
  •  Best practices for dashboard building
  •  Building your first advanced dashboard
  •  Sharing your dashboard with tableau reader
  •  Sharing dashboards with tableau online or tableau server
  •  Designing for mobile consumption
  •  Using the tableau performance recorder to improve load speed
  •  Notes

Tableau Server

Chapter 9 - Installing tableau server
  •  Overview
  •  The reasons to deploy tableau server
  •  Licensing options for tableau server and tableau online
  •  Determining your hardware and software needs
  •  Configuring tableau server for the first time
  • When and how to deploy server on multiple physical machines
  •  Deploying tableau server in high availability environments
  •  Leverage existing security with trusted authentication
  •  Deploying tableau server in multi-national entities
  •  Using performance recorder to improve performance
  •  Managing tableau server in the cloud
  •  Monitoring activity on tableau server
  •  Notes
Chapter 10 - Using tableau server to facilitate fact-based team collaboration
  •  Overview
  •  Publishing dashboards in tableau server
  •  Organizing reports for consumption
  •  Options for securing reports
  •  Consuming information in tableau server
  •  Authoring and editing reports via server
  •  Sharing connections, data models, and data extracts
  •  Embedding tableau reports securely on the web
  •  Using subscript ions to deliver reports via e-mail
  •  Notes
Chapter 11 - Automating server with tableau's command line tools
  •  Overview
  •  What do tabcmd and tabadmin do?
  •  Installing the command line tools
  •  What kinds of tasks can be done with tabcmd?
  •  Learning to leverage tabcmd
  •  Common use cases for tabcmd
  •  Using tabadmin for administrative task automation

Case studies
Chapter 12 - Use cases for rapid-fire visual analytics
  •  Overview
  •  Rapid-fire analysis at a public utility
  •  Aggregating disparate data sources at a large university
  •  Analysis in a major railway logistics team
  •  Quality metrics in a hospital
  •  Planning for a successful tableau deployment at act
  •  Employing visual analytics to aid succession planning
Appendices
Appendix A - Understanding and using tableau functions
  •  Organization and key for appendix a
  •  Alphabetical function list—summary
  •  Notes
Appendix B - Tableau data shaper excel plug-in
  •  Why is reshaping desirable?
  •  Using the reshaper
  •  Installing the reshaper
Appendix C - Interworks book website
  •  Sample workbooks
  •  Video training files
  •  Feature updates on new tableau releases
  •  Useful web resources
  •  Recommended reading

Monday, 20 January 2014

Tableau Training in Marathahalli, Bangalore

Hi All,

We are providing classroom and Online training on Tableau in Marathahalli, Bangalore.

If you are interested please contact us.

Email: AvaramTechnologies@gmail.com

Mobile: +91-78294 15003


Thursday, 26 September 2013

Tableau Online Training

Course Content:

1. Introduction and Overview

  • Why Tableau? Why Visualization?
  • Level Setting – Terminology
  • Getting Started – creating some powerful visualizations quickly
  • The Tableau Product Line
  • Things you should know about Tableau
2. Getting Started

  • Connecting to Data and introduction to data source concept
  • Working with data files versus database server
  • Understanding the Tableau workspace
  • Dimensions and Measures
  • Using Show Me!
  • Tour of Shelves (How shelves and marks work)
  • Building Basic Views
  • Help Menu and Samples
  • Saving and sharing your work
3. Analysis

Creating Views
  • Marks
  • Size and Transparency
  • Highlighting
  • Working with Dates
  • Date aggregations and date parts
  • Discrete versus Continuous
  • Dual Axis / Multiple Measures
  • Combo Charts with different mark types
  • Geographic Map Page Trails
  • Heat Map
  • Density Chart
  • Scatter Plots
  • Pie Charts and Bar Charts
  • Small Multiples
  • Working with aggregate versus disaggregate data
  • Analyzing
  • Sorting & Grouping
  • Aliases
  • Filtering and Quick Filters
  • Cross-Tabs (Pivot Tables)
  • Totals and Subtotals Drilling and Drill Through
  • Aggregation and Disaggregation
  • Percent of Total
  • Working with Statistics and Trend lines
4. Getting Started with Calculated Fields
  • Working with String Functions
  • Basic Arithmetic Calculations
  • Date Math
  • Working with Totals
  • Custom Aggregations
  • Logic Statements
5. Formatting
  • Options in Formatting your Visualization
  • Working with Labels and Annotations
  • Effective Use of Titles and Captions
  • Introduction to Visual Best Practices
6. Building Interactive Dashboard
  • Combining multiple visualizations into a dashboard
  • Making your worksheet interactive by using actions and filters
  • An Introduction to Best Practices in Visualization
7. Sharing Workbooks
  • Publish to Reader
  • Packaged Workbooks
  • Publish to Office
  • Publish to PDF
  • Publish to Tableau Server and Sharing over the Web
8. Putting it all together
  • Scenario-based Review Exercises
  • Best Practices