CIS303 Foundations of Data Utilization and Data Presentation

Introduction

Taking Off with Tableau

• Foundations for building visualizations
• Visualizing data
• Using Show Me
• Putting everything together in a dashboard
• Summary

Visualizing Data with Power BI

• Topic A: Create Visualizations in Power BI
• Topic B: Chart Data in Power BI
• Summary

Connecting to Data in Tableau

• The Tableau paradigm
• Connecting to data
• Managing data source metadata
• Working with extracts instead of live connections
• Using sets and groups
• Filtering data
• Summary

Performing Data Cleaning, Profiling, and Shaping

• Topic A: Clean, Transform, and Load Data with the Query Editor
• Topic B: Profile Data with the Query Editor
• Topic C: Shape Data with the Query Editor
• Topic D: Combine and Manage Data Rows
• Summary

Moving Beyond Basic Visualizations

• Comparing values
• Visualizing dates and times
• Relating parts of the data to the whole
• Visualizing distributions
• Visualizing multiple axes to compare different measures
• Summary

Enhancing Data Analysis

• Topic A: Customize Visuals and Pages
• Topic B: Incorporate Tooltips
• Summary

Starting an Adventure with Calculations and Parameters

• Introduction to calculations
• Row-level calculations
• Aggregate calculations
• Parameters
• Practical examples of calculations and parameters
• Performance considerations
• Summary

Modeling Data with Calculations

• Topic A: Create Calculations with Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
• Topic B: Create Calculated Measures and Conditional Columns
• Summary

Diving Deep with Table Calculations

• An overview of table calculations
• Creating and editing table calculations
• Quick table calculations
• Fundamental table calculation concepts
• Custom table calculations
• Practical examples
• Summary

Creating Interactive Visualizations

• Topic A: Create and Manage Data Hierarchies
• Topic B: Filter and Slice Reports
• Topic C: Create Dashboards
• Summary

Telling a Data Story with Dashboards

• Introduction to dashboards
• Designing dashboards in Tableau
• A dashboard to understand profitability
• Designing for different displays and devices
• Interactivity with actions
• A regional scorecard dashboard
• Stories
• Summary

Enhancing Reports and Dashboards

• Topic A: Enhance Reports
• Topic B: Enhance Dashboards
• Summary