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Tableau for Advanced Dashboard Design

This live, private Tableau for Advanced Dashboard Design training course teaches attendees how to create attractive and user-friendly charts, infographics, and dashboards in Tableau. If desired, we...

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Course Code TAB-116
Duration 2 days
Available Formats Classroom

This live, private Tableau for Advanced Dashboard Design training course teaches attendees how to create attractive and user-friendly charts, infographics, and dashboards in Tableau. If desired, we can workshop with your team's own data.

Note: for added modules on interactivity, this course may be extended to 3 days.

Skills Gained

  • Format Worksheets
  • Create Dashboards
  • Create and import custom shapes, color palettes, and charts
  • Produce templates for seamless consistency across an organization
  • Create Content

Prerequisites

Students must have taken Accelebrate's Intermediate Tableau course or have the equivalent experience. Having at least 3 months of experience using the tool (including writing calculations) is strongly recommended. 

Course Details

Training Materials

All Tableau training students receive comprehensive courseware.

Software Requirements

  • Tableau Desktop
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 or later
  • Internet access
  • Related data and lab files that Accelebrate would provide

Outline

  • Introduction
  • Entire Workbook vs. One Sheet
  • Navigation Pane
  • Formatting Pane
    • Fonts
    • Alignment
    • Shading
    • Borders
    • Lines
  • Marks Card
    • Text
      • Using fields for dynamic text
      • Dummy fields for static text
    • Shapes
      • Custom shapes
    • Color
      • Custom color palettes
      • Adding borders
    • Size
  • Titles and Captions
    • With static and dynamic text
    • Instead of color legends
  • Cleaning up the View
  • Annotations
  • Leveraging Dual-Axis and Dummy Fields
    • Custom charts
    • Customized text
  • Reference Lines
  • Duplicating sheets
  • Objects
    • Containers
      • Show/Hide
      • Selecting and formatting
    • Custom images
      • Background
      • Foreground
    • Text
    • Blank Pieces
    • Floating vs Tiled
  • Custom Shapes
    • Using PPT
    • Icons
  • Layout Tab
    • Custom Size
    • Borders
    • Background
    • Padding
  • Bring in Own Data and Big Ideas (Optional)
    • Sketch out Ideas
    • Design Elements
      • outside images/shapes
  • Conclusion