Week 9

Dashboards with Tableau

Prepare

Note📚 Prepare

1. Revisit Week 7 and 8 materials.
   
2. Download superstore.xls from Moodle or GitHub (file provided in this repository under data/superstore.xls).
   

Participate

Note👥 Participate

📊 Conceptual toolkit for interactive Tableau.
We will cover:

• Calculated fields (row-level vs aggregate).
  
• Parameters as user-controlled variables.
  
• Reference lines, filters (measure/context), and box plots for analytical context.
  
• Dashboard layout principles and story structure for communicating insights.
• Storytelling with data.

Practice

Note💻 Practice

🧮 Guided Tableau lab with Superstore.xls (hands-on workflow).

Perform

Note🧠 Perform

✏️ Hands-on practice applying interactive Tableau techniques (calculated fields, parameters, reference lines, filters, dashboard actions, and story points) to reinforce this week’s concepts.

Ponder

Note🔍 Ponder

Read 10 Best Practices for Building Effective Dashboards (PDF provided alongside this page in the Week 9 folder).