Capability Development / Data Analytics
Tableau for Power BI Professionals
This Tableau training is designed for participants who already know Power BI and want to build Tableau expertise. It connects familiar Power BI concepts — data connections, visuals, filters, dashboards, and reporting — with Tableau's visual analytics approach. Participants learn Tableau Desktop, calculated fields, parameters, dashboard actions, stories, and sharing through Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server, culminating in a capstone dashboard project.
Program Overview
This Tableau training is designed for participants who already know Power BI and want to build Tableau expertise. It connects familiar Power BI concepts — data connections, visuals, filters, dashboards, and reporting — with Tableau's visual analytics approach. Participants learn Tableau Desktop, calculated fields, parameters, dashboard actions, stories, and sharing through Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server, culminating in a capstone dashboard project.
Audience Profile
Power BI users learning Tableau; Business Analysts, Data Analysts, MIS Executives, and Reporting Professionals; Professionals working on Tableau or mixed BI projects; Managers reviewing Tableau dashboards; and Learners building BI skills with Power BI and Tableau.
Course Syllabus
Tableau for Power BI Users
Topics
- Power BI vs Tableau mindset
- Tableau interface: shelves, cards, marks, worksheets, dashboards, stories
- Tableau terms mapped to Power BI concepts
Connecting and Preparing Data
Topics
- Connect to Excel, CSV, databases, and cloud sources
- Joins, relationships, unions, extracts, and live connections
- Tableau Prep concepts
Building Visualizations
Topics
- Dimensions, measures, and field types
- Charts, maps, treemaps, and dual-axis visuals
- Visual best practices
Tableau Calculations
Topics
- Creating calculated fields
- Table calculations for insights
- Comparing calculations with Power BI DAX
Advanced Analytics and Interactivity
Topics
- Parameters, sets, groups, bins, and filters
- Actions, drill-downs, and navigation
- LODs, trend lines, forecasting, and analytics tools
Dashboard Design and Storytelling
Topics
- Layouts with containers and KPIs
- Executive and operational dashboards
- Optimizing performance and presentations
Publishing and Capstone Project
Topics
- Publish to Tableau Cloud or Server
- Manage permissions, sharing, subscriptions, and refresh
- Build a capstone dashboard project
Labs / Practice
- Recreate a Power BI-style Sales Dashboard in Tableau
- Build a Customer Analysis Dashboard with filters and actions
- Create calculated fields and compare them with DAX
- Design an Executive Dashboard with KPIs and trends
- Use parameters, sets, groups, and LODs for analysis
- Publish and present a final Tableau dashboard