Use various Tableau charts to understand the data set and determine your dashboard strategy.
- [Instructor] So now that our data's in Tableau…we may have a good idea of our overall target,…and again, this is about trying to build something…around the future of online learning…but really, before building our dashboard,…we can use the analytic section in Tableau…to help us better understand the data…and might lead us to change some ideas around…how we build our dashboards.…So we know that Internet usage is probably…one of our leading indicators of the likelihood…people pursue online education,…or at least it's a very fundamental step.…You've got to be able to be online to use online learning.…
So it's sill, in my mind, going to make up the backbone…of this particular dashboard, but I want to know…how does it relate to some of our other measures,…or what kinds of relationships,…or what kinds of interesting things do we see in the data?…So one of the things we can use, or couple of different ways…we can look at this is one,…I'm going to drag Internet usage into the rows,…and then I also kind of want to look at country,…
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12/2/2016- Sketching your designs
- Formatting data
- Creating cross-data joins
- Creating visuals
- Grouping data
- Using stories vs. tabs
- Changing chart measures and types with interactive parameters
- Making iterations and improvements on your Tableau dashboard design
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome36s
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1. Tableau Dashboards
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Why Tableau?3m 38s
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Sketching the design2m 34s
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2. Worksheet Design
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Tableau data format4m 26s
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Cross-data joins4m 40s
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Data quality check6m 41s
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Creating visuals4m 8s
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Applying design requirements1m 17s
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Using calculated fields2m 59s
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Creating sets3m 19s
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Reference lines4m 54s
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3. Dashboard Design
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Dashboard hierarchy6m 20s
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Story vs. tabs3m 25s
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Dashboard objects5m 39s
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Visual grouping4m 24s
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4. Designing Interactivity
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Dashboard actions3m 45s
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Mobile device management4m 6s
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5. Keeping Your Dashboard Up to Date
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Viz of the week2m 21s
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Iterations and improvements3m 44s
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Conclusion
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Next steps41s
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