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Course
Alteryx and Tableau for Professionals (2 day)
Name
SEF-3001ED2
Available Classes
Not currently offered.
Description Course Outline Requirements Intended Audience More Details
Description
This two-day, hands-on workshop introduces Alteryx and Tableau, two modern business intelligence tools. Participants will complete exercises to learn concepts in data preparation and visualization. The hands-on workshop is valuable for business users of Excel looking for easier ways to process data using automation and generate interactive reports to provide end users with powerful investigative features.
Course Objectives
  1. have understood data preparation.
  2. have understood data visualization.
  3. have learned how to process data to generate interactive reports.
Outline of Instruction
  1. Course overview
  2. Introductions
  3. Alteryx interface overview
  4. Tableau interface overview
  5. Variable types
  6. Filtering
  7. Sorting
  8. Formulas
  9. Aggregation
  10. Joins and Unions
  11. Date Functions
  12. Dashboards and Reporting
  13. Automation
  14. Maps and Geospatial analytics
  15. Fuzzy matching
  16. Best practices
Contact Hours
16
CEU's
No
Industry Standard, State, or National Certification
No
CE to CU Articulation
No
Prerequisites
None
Text and Supplies Needed
Clinical Site/Special Facilities
Requirements for Successful Completion of this Course
  1. Attendance 90% or above
  2. Participation
Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements
Intended Audience
Specific Industry or Business Support Needs
Industry or Job Titles Related to training Outcomes for Employment
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Course Contact Information
Courtney Boney
919-532-5581
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