This course is hands-on and taught by Stephen McDaniel, author of "Rapid Graphs with Tableau" and "SAS for Dummies".  Freakalytics is a worldwide Tableau Education Partner and Stephen is also an instructor for the American Marketing Association. 

The course is taught 26 October, starting promptly at 9 AM and concluding at 5 PM.  The Tableau Certification will be administered on 27 October, starting at 9 AM and concluding at 11:30 AM.  Exam takers should note that there is a take-home, practical portion to this exam that can be returned to Freakalytics no later than 7 days after the initial exam sitting.  Tableau Certification is administered by Freakalytics but issued by Tableau Software, read more about Tableau Certification at http://www.freakalytics.com/cert/.

The Dashboard Cookbook™

Dashboards are an ideal means of sharing key findings with Tableau. Achieving great success with dashboards requires a variety of skills- communication, analysis, visual design, data management and Tableau expertise. This one-day session uses a case study approach, integrating lecture with hands-on experience. Note- this course requires a moderate level of Tableau experience, at a level of knowledge acquired from understanding the book, "Rapid Graphs with Tableau".  Topics covered:

• Framing dashboard efforts with a solid understanding of business needs
• A review of dashboard types, typical challenges, best practices and examples of good and poor dashboards
• A detailed review of Tableau functionality relevant to dashboard development and deployment
• Multiple dashboard case studies will be jointly developed and reviewed throughout the course.

Additional Course Information

• This course is a combination of lecture, Q&A and hands-on use of Tableau. 
• In order to participate in the hands-on portion of the class, each attendee must bring their own laptop with Tableau 5.2 already installed and be able to open the sample datasets that come with the software. 
• If you don't already have a Tableau license, there is a 14-day trial period license available at www.Freakalytics.com/RapidGraphs.  No laptops or PC's are available from Freakalytics during the course.  Tables, work areas and power strips for your laptop will be provided in the class.  The instructor is unable to provide installation assistance or installation problem resolution during class to ensure that class time is spent on instruction for all attendees.
• If you purchased this ticket for someone else, please forward on class information or registration e-mails. 
• From your e-mail program, please add billing@freakalytics.com to your safe senders list so we can send you orientation information a few days before class.

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Course Terms and Conditions

Full terms and conditions for registration and course attendance are maintained at http://www.freakalytics.com/training-terms-and-conditions/