In this section, you will use the knowledge you acquired from the previous chapters and practice answering questions using the Tableau functionality and connecting different data sources.
This section comprises the following chapters:
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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide
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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide
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Overview of this book
The Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam measures your knowledge of Tableau Desktop and your ability to work with data and data visualization techniques. This book will help you to become well-versed in Tableau software and use its business intelligence (BI) features to solve BI and analytics challenges.
With the help of this book, you'll explore the authors' success stories and their experience with Tableau. You'll start by understanding the importance of Tableau certification and the different certification exams, along with covering the exam format, Tableau basics, and best practices for preparing data for analysis and visualization. The book builds on your knowledge of advanced Tableau topics such as table calculations for solving problems. You'll learn to effectively visualize geographic data using vector maps. Later, you'll discover the analytics capabilities of Tableau by learning how to use features such as forecasting. Finally, you'll understand how to build and customize dashboards, while ensuring they convey information effectively. Every chapter has examples and tests to reinforce your learning, along with mock tests in the last section.
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 authors.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Building Your Data Model
Section 2: Answering Questions with Data
Working with Worksheets
Analyzing Data Using Charts
Visualizing Geographic Data
Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau
Section 3: Advanced Tableau
Tableau Table Calculations
Level of Detail Expressions
Leveraging Analytics Capabilities
Building Your Dashboards
Mock Test A + B (Assessment)
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