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Tableau lessons

11 sections · 80 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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Tableau

Practice 80 skills across this outline.

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Troubleshooting Table Calcs
Calculations and Metrics · Table Calculations
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
19 categories
Analytics Features
9%
Mapping and Spatial
9%
Performance and Optimization
9%
Calculations and Metrics · Calculated Fields
6%
Dashboards and Storytelling · Dashboard Design
6%
Getting Started and Tableau Basics · Interface and Workflow
6%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of tableau — drill into a card to work its skills.

Calculations and Metrics · Table Calculations

4 core skills3% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Troubleshooting Table CalcsRecommended
Long-form
2
Table Calc Compute UsingAvailable
Long-form
3
Table Calculations: Running Totals & AveragesAvailable
Long-form
4
Common Table CalculationsAvailable
Long-form

Calculations and Metrics · Calculated Fields

9 core skills6% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Aggregations in CalculationsAvailable
Long-form
2
Conditional Logic in CalculationsAvailable
Long-form
3
LOD & FiltersAvailable
Long-form
4
FIXED LODAvailable
Long-form
5
Date FunctionsAvailable
Long-form
6
INCLUDE/EXCLUDE LODAvailable
Long-form
7
Debugging CalculationsAvailable
Long-form
8
Basic Calculated FieldsAvailable
Long-form
9
Understanding LOD ExpressionsAvailable
Long-form

Dashboards and Storytelling · Dashboard Design

5 core skills6% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Responsive DashboardsAvailable
Long-form
2
Dashboard Design PrinciplesAvailable
Long-form
3
Dashboard Filters & ActionsAvailable
Long-form
4
KPI TilesAvailable
Long-form
5
Building DashboardsAvailable
Long-form

Dashboards and Storytelling · Stories and Narrative

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Sequencing Visual EvidenceAvailable
Long-form
2
StoriesAvailable
Long-form
3
Annotations & CaptionsAvailable
Long-form

Getting Started and Tableau Basics · Interface and Workflow

5 core skills6% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Tableau InterfaceAvailable
Long-form
2
Worksheet BasicsAvailable
Long-form
3
Drag-and-Drop WorkflowAvailable
Long-form
4
Worksheets, Dashboards & StoriesAvailable
Long-form
5
Dimensions vs. MeasuresAvailable
Long-form

Getting Started and Tableau Basics · Data Model Concepts for Tableau

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Filters & Aggregation InteractionAvailable
Long-form
2
Row-Level vs. Aggregated DataAvailable
Long-form
3
Understanding GranularityAvailable
Long-form

Connecting to Data · Data Connections and Extracts

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Creating & Refreshing ExtractsAvailable
Long-form
2
Connecting to Data SourcesAvailable
Long-form
3
Live vs. ExtractAvailable
Long-form
4
Data Source PageAvailable
Long-form

Connecting to Data · Relationships, Joins, and Unions

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Troubleshooting Join IssuesAvailable
Long-form
2
RelationshipsAvailable
Long-form
3
JoinsAvailable
Long-form
4
UnionsAvailable
Long-form

Analytics Features

4 core skills9% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Trend Lines & RegressionAvailable
Long-form
2
ClusteringAvailable
Long-form
3
Analytics PaneAvailable
Long-form
4
ForecastingAvailable
Long-form

Publishing, Sharing, and Governance · Collaboration and Maintenance

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Documentation & DefinitionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Dashboard VersioningAvailable
Long-form
3
Comments & SubscriptionsAvailable
Long-form

Publishing, Sharing, and Governance · Publishing and Permissions

4 core skills6% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Scheduled RefreshesAvailable
Long-form
2
Permissions & RolesAvailable
Long-form
3
Publishing to ServerAvailable
Long-form
4
Data GovernanceAvailable
Long-form

Filters and Interactivity · Highlighting and Drill-Down

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Highlight ActionsAvailable
Long-form
2
URL ActionsAvailable
Long-form
3
SetsAvailable
Long-form
4
HierarchiesAvailable
Long-form

Filters and Interactivity · Filtering and Parameters

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Filters & Filter OrderAvailable
Long-form
2
Parameter & Dashboard ActionsAvailable
Long-form
3
ParametersAvailable
Long-form
4
Context FiltersAvailable
Long-form

Data Preparation in Tableau · Data Reshaping and Blending

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Multiple Data SourcesAvailable
Long-form
2
Data BlendingAvailable
Long-form
3
Pivoting DataAvailable
Long-form

Data Preparation in Tableau · Field Types, Roles, and Cleaning

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Data TypesAvailable
Long-form
2
Field ManagementAvailable
Long-form
3
Handling NullsAvailable
Long-form
4
Geographic RolesAvailable
Long-form

Visualizations and Chart Types · Core Chart Types

5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Choosing Chart TypesAvailable
Long-form
2
Dual-Axis ChartsAvailable
Long-form
3
Basic Chart TypesAvailable
Long-form
4
Tables & Highlight TablesAvailable
Long-form
5
Histograms & Box PlotsAvailable
Long-form

Visualizations and Chart Types · Encoding and Marks

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Marks Card EncodingsAvailable
Long-form
2
Reference Lines & BandsAvailable
Long-form
3
Annotations & TooltipsAvailable
Long-form
4
Sorting, Grouping & SetsAvailable
Long-form

Mapping and Spatial

4 core skills9% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Custom GeocodingAvailable
Long-form
2
Spatial JoinsAvailable
Long-form
3
Map LayersAvailable
Long-form
4
Creating MapsAvailable
Long-form

Performance and Optimization

4 core skills9% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Reducing Marks for PerformanceAvailable
Long-form
2
Performance OptimizationAvailable
Long-form
3
Performance RecorderAvailable
Long-form
4
Performance PitfallsAvailable
Long-form