Course Content
Tableau Fundamentals
Tableau Fundamentals
1. Introduction to Tableau
2. Tools in Tableau
Dimensions and MeasuresChallenge: Comparing Sales and Profit by StateContinuous and Discrete FieldsChallenge: Identifying the Month with Lowest SalesDimension Filters Measure FiltersChallenge: Finding the Most Profitable Customer in ArtCalculated FieldsChallenge: Comparing California and New York to Other StatesInteractive Dashboards with ParametersChallenge: Finding the Sub-Category with the Most SalesWorking with Sets Challenge: Analyzing Bookcase Profit ConcentrationSets Applications
3. Visual Insights
Visualizing Data with HeatmapsChallenge: Identifying Top-Selling Sub-Category by RegionScatter PlotsChallenge: Determining the Highest Sales and Profit by StateTreemapsChallenge: Analyzing the Least Profitable Sub-Category with TreemapsCombination ChartsChallenge: Comparing Sales and Profit Trends for PhonesSparklines
4. Gaining More Insights
Continuous and Discrete Fields
In Tableau, fields are classified as continuous or discrete, determining how they are visualized:
- Continuous fields represent numeric data with a range of values, making them ideal for visualizations like line graphs and histograms. These fields are visually represented in green;
- Discrete fields consist of distinct values or categories, often used in bar charts or grouped visualizations. These fields are visually represented in blue.
Let's now summarize the key differences between these types of fields:
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Section 2. Chapter 3
