# Tableau Bootcamp

Canonical URL: <https://training-nyc.com/courses/tableau-bootcamp>

## Overview

Become an advanced Tableau user in just two days. Learn to identify datasets to connect to, explore, analyze, filter and structure your data to create your desired visualizations. Dive further into Tableau tools and customization of your visualizations. You will learn to create a variety of maps to represent your geographic data, and build actions to control your visualizations within your sheets and dashboards.

This package includes our [Intro to Tableau](/courses/beginner-tableau-training), and [Advanced Tableau](/courses/advanced-tableau-training) classes at a 15% discount.

## What you'll learn

- Understanding Data
- Creating Your First visualization
- Tableau Calculations
- Formatting Visualizations
- Manipulating Data in Tableau
- Advanced Visualization Tools
- Creating Dashboards & Stories
- Distributing & Publishing Your Visualization
- Intro to data maps
- Creating visualization maps
- Advanced data manipulations
- Creating custom charts

## Curriculum

### Module I: Working with Your Data

#### Understanding Data

- What is data
- Where to find data
- Foundations for building Data Visualizations
- Tableau Versions
- Tableau Workflow
- Tableau Chart Types

#### Working with your Data in Tableau

- Using Data file formats
- Connecting your Data to Tableau
- Cleaning-up the data with the Data Interpreter
- Structuring your data
- Sorting and filtering Tableau data
- Pivoting Tableau data

#### Creating your First Visualization

- Getting started with Tableau Software
- Using Data file formats 
  - CSV, TXT

- Connecting your Data to Tableau
- Creating basic charts (line, bar charts, Treemaps)
- Using the Show me panel

#### Tableau Calculations

- Overview of SUM, AVR and Aggregate features
- Creating custom calculations and fields
- Applying new data calculations to your visualization

#### Formatting your Visualization

- Formatting Tools and Menus
- Formatting specific parts of the view
- Editing and Formatting Axes

#### Working with your Data in Tableau

- Cleaning-up the data with the Data Interpreter
- Structuring your data
- Sorting and filtering Tableau data
- Pivoting Tableau data

#### Organizational tools

- Using Filters
- Using the Marks panel
- Using the Detail mark card
- Using the Size mark card
- Using the Label mark card
- Customizing filters
- Using and Customizing tooltips
- Formatting your data with colors

#### Distributing and Publishing your Visualization

- Tableau file types
- Publishing to Tableau Online
- Sharing your visualization
- Exporting your visualization

### Module II: Mapping & Advanced Visualizations

#### Intro to mapping data

- Concepts of mapping data
- Requirements in mapping data
- Formatting geographic data for Tableau
- Using Polygon data
- Using background images
- Integrating with Map Services - Mapbox, WMS
- Customizing map layers and map options

#### Creating Visualization Maps

- Creating Choropleth maps
- Creating Proportional Symbol maps
- Tracking data Over Time Using Maps & Pages
- What is a Density Map?
- Distributing and Publishing your map Visualization

#### Creating a Dual Axis Chart

- Dual Axis Charts
- Dual Axis (Layered) Maps
- Benefits of dual axis charts

#### More Chart Types

- Cyclical data and circular area chart
- Alluvial Diagram
- Ranking Chart
- Creating Spider maps
- Creating Heat maps

#### Creating dashboards and Stories

- Using Storytelling
- Creating your first dashboard and Story
- Design for different displays
- Adding interactivity to your Dashboard

#### Modifying and Updating Data

- Relinking Data Sources
- Swapping out Data Sources

#### Individualized Project Work

- Students will work with either provided data sets or their own data to work on individual projects during this supervised classroom time.

## Schedule
- Jun 14, 2026 – Jun 21, 2026 — NYC
- Jun 30, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026 — NYC
- Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 17, 2026 — NYC
- Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026 — NYC
- Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026 — NYC
- Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026 — NYC
- Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026 — NYC
- Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026 — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $499