Advanced Tableau – Table Calculations Overview
This course will help you solve and
answer common business questions by using Table Calculations in Tableau.
With each scenario requiring a
different function, you’ll learn to think on your feet and work with common
problems. In total, you’ll work your way through 10 different scenarios and
learn to use best practice, conditions, parameters and visual formatting to
present these advanced metrics with absolute clarity.
Table Calculations form the perfect
next step after Tableau Fundamentals and should be completed before Tableau
Level of Detail Calculations.
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Advanced Tableau – Table Calculations Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand what table calculations are and what problems they can solve
- Calculate table calculations to help compare values across a full visual
- Learn best practice for implementing table calculations
- Learn how to use table calculations filters to hide data points from visuals
- Identify why Table Calculations are not ideal for Year over Year calculations
- Enhance visuals with conditional formulas, parameters and formatting
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Who should take this course?
This course is perfect for any analyst with a basic working knowledge of
Tableau that wants to explore more advanced metrics, visuals and answer common
business questions.
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Advanced Tableau - Table Calculations Learning Objectives
- Understand what table calculations are and what problems they can solve
- Calculate table calculations to help compare values across a full visual
- Learn best practice for implementing table calculations
- Learn how to use table calculations filters to hide data points from visuals
- Identify why Table Calculations are not ideal for Year over Year calculations
- Enhance visuals with conditional formulas, parameters and formatting