This intermediate Tableau course is recommended to learners with some Tableau knowledge. In it, we'll identify basic chart types and when to use them. Then we'll understand typical dashboard-flow techniques and understand how to implement them to guide your viewer from one chart to the next. We'll then start to understand how to use charts to compare values, visualize distributions, and we'll use filters and parameters to make cohesive and interactive dashboards.
Essential Dashboarding & Storytelling Techniques
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
11 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Identify basic chart types and when to use them.
Describe typical dashboard flow techniques to guide your viewer from one chart to the next.
Use charts to compare values and visualize distributions.
Explore dashboard interactivity using filters and parameters.
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April 2025
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Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module, we'll begin by comparing values to each other and relating parts of the data to the whole. From there, we'll move on to visualizing distribution and learn some more complex types of visualization.
What's included
5 videos3 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts
In this module, we'll learn some dashboarding best practices and leverage shapes, formatting, and patterns to help your viewers better interpret your dashboards.
What's included
2 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
In this module, we'll create some dynamic dashboards that are full of life! We'll also explore the use of color, along with Tableau Stories.
What's included
2 videos2 readings1 discussion prompt
In this module, we'll tackle more complicated methods of accomplishing dynamic dashboards using parameters.
What's included
3 videos1 peer review2 discussion prompts
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