Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

The Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam measures your knowledge of Tableau Desktop and your ability to work with data and data visualization techniques. This book will help you to become well-versed in Tableau software and use its business intelligence (BI) features to solve BI and analytics challenges.

With the help of this book, you'll explore the authors' success stories and their experience with Tableau. You'll start by understanding the importance of Tableau certification and the different certification exams, along with covering the exam format, Tableau basics, and best practices for preparing data for analysis and visualization. The book builds on your knowledge of advanced Tableau topics such as table calculations for solving problems. You'll learn to effectively visualize geographic data using vector maps. Later, you'll discover the analytics capabilities of Tableau by learning how to use features such as forecasting. Finally, you'll understand how to build and customize dashboards, while ensuring they convey information effectively. Every chapter has examples and tests to reinforce your learning, along with mock tests in the last section.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to efficiently prepare for the certification exam with the help of mock tests, detailed explanations, and expert advice from the authors.

• Prepare for the Tableau Desktop Certified Associate exam with the help of tips and techniques shared by experts
• Implement Tableau’s advanced analytical capabilities such as forecasting
• Delve into advanced Tableau features and explore best practices for building dashboards

Tableau Desktop Certified Associate考試評估您對Tableau Desktop的知識以及使用數據和數據可視化技術的能力。本書將幫助您熟悉Tableau軟件，並使用其商業智能（BI）功能解決BI和分析挑戰。

通過本書的幫助，您將探索作者的成功故事以及他們在Tableau上的經驗。您將從理解Tableau認證的重要性和不同的認證考試開始，並涵蓋考試格式、Tableau基礎知識以及為分析和可視化準備數據的最佳實踐。本書將建立在您對高級Tableau主題的知識基礎上，例如使用表計算解決問題。您將學習如何使用矢量地圖有效地可視化地理數據。隨後，您將通過學習如何使用預測等功能來了解Tableau的分析能力。最後，您將了解如何構建和自定義儀表板，同時確保它們有效地傳達信息。每個章節都有示例和測試來強化您的學習，最後一節還有模擬測試。

通過閱讀本書，您將能夠通過模擬測試、詳細解釋和作者的專家建議高效地為認證考試做好準備。

本書的內容包括：
- 使用專家分享的技巧和技巧為Tableau Desktop Certified Associate考試做好準備
- 實施Tableau的高級分析能力，如預測
- 深入研究高級Tableau功能，並探索構建儀表板的最佳實踐

Dmitry Anoshin is an expert in analytics with 10 years of experience. He started using Tableau as a primary BI tool in 2011 as a BI consultant at Teradata. He is certified in both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server. He leads probably the biggest Tableau user community, with more than 2,000 active users. This community has two to three Tableau talks every month led by top Tableau experts, Tableau Zen Masters, Viz Champions, and more. In addition, Dmitry has previously written three books with Packt and reviewed more than seven books. Finally, he is an active speaker at data conferences and helps people to adopt cloud analytics.

Jean-Charles (JC) Gillet is a seasoned business analyst with over 7 years of experience with SQL at both a large-scale multinational company in the United Kingdom and a smaller firm in the United States, and 5 years of Tableau experience. He has been holding Tableau and SQL office hours for multiple years to share his expertise with his colleagues, as well as delivering SQL training. A French national, JC holds a master's degree in executive engineering from Mines ParisTech and is a Tableau Desktop Certified Associate.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter (to whom he dedicates his work on this book), and playing team handball, having competed in national championships.

Fabian Peri's interest in decision analysis started after joining his first fantasy basketball league in 2006. His love for data analysis led him to pursue an MBA in information systems at the University of Tulsa, and then an MS in predictive analytics from Northwestern University. Since graduating, he has primarily worked in risk analysis and management for companies such as Amazon, GE Capital, and Wells Fargo. He is currently focused on using visualization to explore and interpret vast quantities of data.

Radhika Biyani is currently working as a recruitment insights analyst with Amazon. Before this, she worked as an analytics consultant with Version 1, where she consulted on several large-scale BI and analytics projects with clients across various industry verticals such as HR, finance, utility, supply chain, and more. She holds a master's degree in business analytics and has many certifications, including Tableau Qualified Associate. She enjoys attending meetups and is an active member of many meetup groups, including Tableau User Group Dublin.

Gleb Makarenko began using Tableau in 2018 and quickly fell in love with how intuitive and easy to use the software was. He was able to easily adapt to its interface and create powerful visualizations. That is when he decided to get certified on Tableau software in order to receive proper credentials that he could use on his resume, as well as learn about the intricacies of the software that he wasn't using at the time. With a bit of effort and research, Gleb was able to complete the examination. And he recommends the same to anyone who is serious about working with Tableau.

Dmitry Anoshin 是一位擁有10年經驗的分析專家。他在2011年開始作為Teradata的商業智能顧問，將Tableau作為主要的商業智能工具。他同時擁有Tableau Desktop和Tableau Server的認證。他領導著可能是最大的Tableau使用者社群，擁有超過2,000名活躍用戶。這個社群每個月都會舉辦兩到三場由頂尖Tableau專家、Tableau Zen Masters、Viz Champions等主持的Tableau講座。此外，Dmitry之前曾經撰寫過三本Packt出版的書籍，並且審閱過七本書。最後，他是數據會議的活躍演講者，並且幫助人們採用雲端分析。

Jean-Charles (JC) Gillet 是一位經驗豐富的商業分析師，擁有7年的SQL經驗，曾在英國的一家大型跨國公司和美國的一家小型公司工作，並且有5年的Tableau經驗。多年來，他一直舉辦Tableau和SQL辦公時間，與同事分享他的專業知識，並提供SQL培訓。JC是法國國民，擁有Mines ParisTech的執行工程碩士學位，並且是Tableau Desktop Certified Associate。

在空閒時間，他喜歡和妻子和女兒在一起（他將他的工作奉獻給她們），並且喜歡打團隊手球，曾參加國家錦標賽。

Fabian Peri 在2006年加入第一個幻想籃球聯賽後對決策分析產生了興趣。他對數據分析的熱愛使他在Tulsa大學攻讀信息系統的MBA學位，然後在Northwestern大學攻讀預測分析的碩士學位。畢業後，他主要在Amazon、GE Capital和Wells Fargo等公司從事風險分析和管理工作。他目前致力於使用可視化技術來探索和解釋大量的數據。

Radhika Biyani 目前在Amazon擔任招聘洞察分析師。在此之前，她在Version 1擔任分析顧問，為各行業的客戶（如人力資源、財務、公用事業、供應鏈等）提供大規模商業智能和分析項目的諮詢服務。她擁有商業分析碩士學位，並且擁有Tableau Qualified Associate等多個認證。她喜歡參加聚會，是許多聚會團體（包括Tableau User Group Dublin）的活躍成員。

Gleb Makarenko 在2018年開始使用Tableau，並迅速愛上了這個直觀且易於使用的軟體。他能夠輕鬆適應其界面並創建強大的可視化效果。這時，他決定獲得Tableau軟體的認證，以獲得他可以在簡歷上使用的正式證書，同時學習他當時未使用的軟體的細節。通過一些努力和研究，Gleb成功通過了考試。他建議任何認真使用Tableau的人也這樣做。

1. Building Your Data Model
2. Working with Worksheets
3. Analyzing Data Using Charts
4. Visualizing Geographic Data
5. Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau
6. Tableau Table Calculations
7. Level of Detail Expressions
8. Leveraging Analytics Capabilities
9. Building Your Dashboards

建立您的資料模型
使用工作表進行工作
使用圖表分析資料
視覺化地理資料
了解Tableau中的簡單計算
Tableau表格計算
層級細節表達式
利用分析能力
建立您的儀表板