Tableau Prep Builder Training Course
Tableau Prep Builder is a software application designed for combining, shaping, and cleaning data to prepare it for analysis. It allows users to extract data from various sources, transform it as needed, and output the data for subsequent analysis.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is targeted at data analysts who want to learn how to prepare and shape data using Tableau Prep Builder.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Install Tableau Prep.
- Understand and implement a Data Science Workflow.
- Read data from a variety of sources, such as Excel and databases.
- Prepare, shape, and sample data for analysis in Tableau Desktop.
- Explore and validate data.
- Create and publish Tableau Prep flows.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Extensive exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Tableau Prep Builder as an ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) tool
Setting up Tableau Prep Builder
- Activating and Register Tableau Prep Builder
Overview of Tableau Prep Builder Features and Architecture
- Tableau Prep Builder and its relation to Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server and Tableau Prep Conductor
Navigating the Tableau Prep Builder Workspace
- Panes and data grids
Connecting to Data Source
- Reading an Excel
- Reading from a database
Shaping Data
- Creating a Join
- Creating a Union
Pivoting Data
- Changing columns to rows
Cleaning Data
- What is dirty data?
- Changing the data type
- Filtering data
- Aggregating data
- Updating multiple values at once
Running a Flow
- Building a flow
- Refreshing a flow
- Running a flow from the command line
Outputing Data to Tableau Desktop
- Analyzing data
Publishing Data
- Packaging a Prep Builder data flow into an extract
- Publishing a flow with Prep Conductor
Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Experience with Tableau Desktop
- Experience writing calculations
Audience
- Data analysts
- Data scientists
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Agata Budzynska - Tech NorthWest Skillnet
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The Practice, I created a dashboard is super easy, once time understand the subjects.
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