Tableau Desktop: Working with Data & Fields


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Expertise Level



Overview/Description

Data are essential to what you want to build in Tableau Desktop, so this 11-video course will help you get the most out of it by using the Data pane and everything that it offers. Begin by finding and managing fields, and then sorting and grouping fields in the Data pane. This leads learners into learning how to work with dimensions and measures, and discrete and continuous data; how to use marks and controlling how dimensions and measures are used in a view; and how to set up default aggregation for a measure and default number format for data and number fields. Examine how to create, edit, and remove dynamic and fixed sets; configure, manipulate; and combine sets in a view, and create and use bins, all in Tableau Desktop. Delve into creating hierarchies from fields to enable quick drill-down between levels, and assigning geographic roles to fields in order to use the roles to create a map view. To conclude the course, discover how to create fields and use them in Tableau view.



Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

Tableau Desktop: Working with Data & Fields

  • find and manage fields in Data pane
  • sort and group fields in the Data pane
  • describe dimensions and measures, and discrete and continuous data
  • use marks and control how dimensions and measures are used in a view
  • set up default aggregation for a measure and default number format for date and number fields
  • create, edit, and remove dynamic and fixed sets in Tableau Desktop
  • configure, manipulate, and combine sets in a view in Tableau Desktop
  • create and use bins in Tableau Desktop
  • create hierarchies from fields to enable quick drill down between levels
  • assign geographic roles to fields in order to use the roles to create a map view
  • create calculated fields and use them in a Tableau view
  • Course Number:
    ds_tbldsk_04_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate