All courses are hands-on* and taught by Stephen McDaniel, author of "Rapid Graphs with Tableau" and "SAS for Dummies".

“Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software” is offered on days one and two followed by "Data Exploration and Effective Dashboards with Tableau" on days three and four.  Courses can be taken separately or as a discounted package.  At the conclusion of the fourth day, the Tableau certification exam will be administered, which is based on content from both courses.

Rapid Graphs with Tableau
This 1-day introductory course covers the principles of using Tableau to create simple graphs and tables to improve the speed and quality of business decisions. Topics include thinking analytically, understanding different data types, effective business table and graph design, data access, the power of Show Me!, dynamic view interaction and navigation, filtering, sorting, brushing, marks, quick table calculations and sharing your work.

Each attendee will receive two books, “Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software” by Stephen McDaniel and “Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten” by Stephen Few.

Data Exploration and Effective Dashboards with Tableau
This 2-day advanced course covers data exploration, data management and effective dashboard creation with Tableau. Data exploration and management topics include understanding common data relationships and the best methods to explore them, visual perception of data, using Tableau with multiple analytic needs (e.g., correlations, time-based data, ranking, distribution analysis, multi-variable profiles, and mapping), data navigation, and advanced data management.  Dashboard topics include design principles and best practices, common mistakes, layout, interaction features and testing.

Each attendee will receive two books, “Rapid Graphs with Tableau Software” by Stephen McDaniel and “Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis” by Stephen Few.

* All courses are a combination of lecture, Q&A and hands-on use of Tableau.  In order to participate in the hands-on portion of the class, each attendee must bring their own laptop with Tableau 5 already installed.  If you don't already have a Tableau license, there is a 14-day trial period license available at www.Freakalytics.com/RapidGraphs.  No laptops or PC's are available from Freakalytics during the course.  Tables, work areas and power strips for your laptop will be provided in the class.  The instructor is unable to provide installation assistance or installation problem resolution during class to ensure that class time is spent on instruction for all attendees.

Course Terms and Conditions

Definitions:

"Course" refers to a single class, typically running 2 days, and starting at 8:30 AM local time and concluding no later than 4:30 PM local time for each day of the class.

"Attendee(s)" refer to the person or persons that are registered to attend one or more courses.

Terms: payment may be made via Paypal. Payments are due in full immediately. Attendees whose payment status is not “paid in full” (according to Paypal) 3 days prior to the beginning of the workshop will not be allowed to attend the course.

Course Location: courses that specify a city as their location, with no specifics provided for the physical address at time of registration, will be offered at a location within 30 miles of the geographic center of the city.

Cancellation by Attendee: attendees may cancel their registration by contacting Freakalytics, LLC in writing (including email, this must be sent to billing@freakalytics.com.) If the cancellation is made more than 30 days before the start of the calendar week of the course (i.e., 30 days before the Sunday prior to the class date) then a 90% refund will be issued. 50% of the registration fee will be refunded for cancellations made 15-30 days before the start of the calendar week of the course.  No refund will be issued for cancellations made less than 15 days before the start of the calendar week of the course. Cancellations made more than 60 days after the original registration date will be assessed additional fees imposed by PayPal on Freakalytics in order to process refunds for purchases more than 60 days old- these fees will be approximately 5% of the original order and will be subtracted in addition to the above terms.

Cancellation by Freakalytics: Freakalytics, LLC reserves the right to cancel a course for any reason. If we cancel, we will refund the full registration fees. We are not responsible for any expenses incurred by the purchase of non-refundable air tickets or other expenses associated with the course. We also reserve the right to change the workshop location if necessary (but not more than 30 miles from the original promised location) and will notify you immediately if such a change occurs.

Attendee Substitutions: A different person may be substituted for an attendee. Freakalytics, LLC must be notified of the substitution no less than 3 days before the beginning of the workshop, in order to properly process the substitution.  Attempts at substitution less than 3 days prior will be refused and the No Show policy will apply.

No Show: No refund will be issued for registered attendees who do not attend one or more of their registered courses and do not properly contact Freakalytics, LLC to cancel as specified above.

Warranties and Liability: Freakalytics, LLC does not warrant or guarantee that the courses will meet your requirements or expectations. The courses are provided strictly on an “as is” basis. In no event will Freakalytics, LLC or its agents be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including loss of profits and goodwill, or business or business benefit, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.  Course descriptions are provided as an indication of the expected content to be covered; however class conditions and participation may affect the actual content covered in the course.

Books: If you register for both courses, you will receive one copy of each of the three books used in the two courses.  In the unlikely event Freakalytics, LLC is unable to provide you with the specified books at the time of the course, you will be asked to provide a mailing address prior to the course completion.  Freakalytics or an agent of Freakalytics will send you the missing book(s) once available for shipment.  If you do not provide an address, the course registration address will be used.