Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam Prep

Topic 1: Connecting to and Preparing Data

• Create live connections and extracts
• Create a live connection to a data source
• Explain the differences between using live connections versus extracts
• Create an extract
• Save metadata properties in a .TDS
• Create a data source that uses multiple connections
• Create and manage the data model
• Add relationships to a data source
• Add joins and unions
• Explain when to use a join versus a relationship
• 1.3 Manage data properties
• Rename a data field
• Assign an alias to a data value
• Assign a geographic role to a data field
• Change data type for a data field (number, date, string, Boolean, etc.)
• Change default properties for a data field (number format, aggregation, color, date format, etc.)

Topic 2: Exploring and Analyzing Data

• Create basic charts
• Create a bar chart
• Create a line chart
• Create a scatterplot
• Create a map using geographic data
• Create a combined axis chart
• Create a dual axis chart
• Create a stacked bar
• Create a density map
• Create a chart to show specific values (crosstab, highlight table)
• Organize data and apply filters
• Create groups by using marks, headers, and the data pane
• Create sets by using marks and the data pane
• Organize dimensions into a hierarchy
• Add a filter to a view
• Add a date filter
• Apply analytics to a worksheet
• Add a manual or a computed sort
• Add a reference line
• Use a quick table calculation
• Use bins and histograms
• Create a calculated field (e.g. string, date, simple arithmetic)
• Explain when to use a parameter
• Display totals on a worksheet

Topic 3: Sharing Insights

• Format view for presentation
• Use color from the marks card
• Configure fonts
• Format marks as shapes
• Configure viz animations
• Change size of marks
• Show and hide legends
• Create and modify a dashboard
• Add worksheets to a dashboard
• Add interactive elements for consumers (e.g. show filters, data highlighter, tooltips)
• Add dashboard actions (e.g. filter action, highlight action, parameter control, URL action)
• Configure a dashboard layout and create device-specific dashboards
• Create a story and a story point
• View and share workbook data
• Share a workbook (e.g. twbx as a PDF or an image, publish to Tableau Server)
• View and export underlying data
• Export to Microsoft PowerPoint

Topic 4: Understanding Tableau Concepts

• Understand dimensions and measures
• Explain what kind of information dimensions usually contain
• Explain what kind of information measures usually contain
• Explain the difference between dimensions and measures
• Understand discrete and continuous fields
• Explain how discrete fields are displayed
• Explain how continuous fields are displayed
• Explain the difference between discrete date parts and continuous date values
• Understand aggregations
• Explain the default aggregation for measures
• Describe how an aggregated measure changes when dimensions are added to a view

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