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Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification

By : Adam Mico
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Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification

By: Adam Mico

Overview of this book

The Tableau Desktop Specialist certification is fundamental for any data visualization professional who works in the field with Tableau. This book gets you started by covering the exam format, Tableau basics, and best practices for preparing data for analysis and visualization. It also builds on your knowledge of advanced Tableau topics to get you up to speed with the essential domains and domain objectives. Although the guide provides an outline and starting point to key in on what needs to be understood before the examination, it also delivers in context to give you a strong understanding of each piece before taking the exam. Instructions on how to get hands on with examples, a common data source, and suggested elements are also included. Understanding the concepts will not only assist you in passing the examination, but will also help you work effectively with the tool in your workspace. By the end of this book, you'll be able to efficiently prepare for the certification exam with the help of mock tests, detailed explanations, and expert advice from the author.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Tableau
7
Part 2: Mastering the Exam
12
Part 3: The Final Prep

Part 1: Introduction to Tableau

A Tableau developer requires basic knowledge of Tableau desktop and data ingestion to begin to master the fundamentals of the tool and start to absorb the knowledge required for the Tableau Desktop Specialist Examination.

The first part includes five chapters, which will cover an introduction to the examination; related work; how to ingest data and work with the data pane in Tableau; how to begin to understand the data with iterative hands-on work; dimensions, measures, and marks; and, finally, digging deeper into the basics of Tableau functions and calculation.

By the end of this part, you will have learned about the examination and how to begin working with the tool, understood the basics of functions and calculation, worked iteratively in Tableau, and understood some of the elementary formatting work that can be done. This section will set you up to dig deeper in the next section to really begin to master Tableau’s fundamentals to help...