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Tableau for Beginners

“Data is the new oil” - The Economist, May 2017

In this data age, the ability to extract value from data is a highly sought after by both individuals and organizations. And it takes hard technical skills to manage the large datasets and extract insights from the data, but it comes to naught unless the insights can be clearly and quickly communicated to the intended audience. Data visualization provides a graphical representation of the data to communicate key insights quickly and effectively; even to those who are less numerically inclined. To this end, data visualization has very become indispensable part of the analytics toolkit today.

This workshop aims to provide a broad but practical overview of the entire analytics value chain; with a focus on using data visualization to convey intended messages from the data to an audience. Attendees will learn the fundamentals of visualisation and get their hands “dirty” building different visualizations using Tableau (cited in Gartner’s magic quadrant as one of the top platforms for business intelligence in 2019).

This is targeted at professionals and managers in non-analyst roles but may be required to work with or make sense of data and presenting data in their work.

Objective

By the end of this course, the participants would be able to:

• Appreciate the impact that data visualisation has on the realization of value in analytics;
  particularly in today’s data driven world
• Understand the basics of Tableau navigation
• Gain practical experience in creating key features of Tableau functionality such as charts and maps
• Develop an interactive dashboard and learn to gain insights from it

Outline

Data Analytics: An Overview
  •What is Analytics?
  •Data Analytics Value Chain
Data Visualisation in Action
  •A Famous Visualisation History
Introduction to Tableau
  •Preparing and Loading Data
  •Relationship vs Joining Tables
  •Interacting with Data
Tableau Charts
  •A step-by-step approach to building charts, histograms, tree maps, time lines & maps
  •Hands-on exercises on Tableau
Self Service Analytics using Dashboards
  •Designing Dashboard Fundamentals
  •Class Exercise: Building interactive dashboards on Tableau
  •Class Exercise: Gaining Insights from the dashboard
  •Learning from Tableau Public

Who should attend

This workshop is designed for managers, professionals and staff at all levels who want to learn make a bigger impact with their analysis. The course is suitable for participants across all industries and job functions. Participants are required to have basic MS Excel skills; some prior knowledge of data analytics would be helpful.

Methodology

FYT takes a practical approach to analytics, and therefore the workshop emphasizes practical analytic skills through learning of key principles and analytics skills. A combination of lectures and hands-on exercises are designed to enable participants to acquire those practical skills. This workshop utilises Tableau for the computer-based exercises.

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Profile of Michael-Lee

Michael Lee, MBA, BSc Principal Consultant

• An award-winning trainer, Michael leads engagements to help clients build practical analytics capabilities. His clients span multiple functions, sectors and geographies including Insurance, Finance, Education, Government across Asia Pacific.

• In a prior life, Michael was an IT professionals with more than 20 years of experience spanning notable tech companies, functions and geographies. Notably, Michael headed the business analytics & intelligence function for a large technology MNC with >$48B in revenue.

• An ACLP certified trainer with the Civil Service College and CCISG, focused in developing & delivering analytics related curriculum

• Michael has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Mathematics, and an MBA from the National University of Singapore