Tableau Speed and Performance

Course details

Looking to improve the speed and performance of your Tableau dashboards? In this course, you’ll play the role of a business intelligence analyst at a bicycle sharing company based in New York City. You’ve inherited a Tableau dashboard containing three years of accident data, but it’s so slow that it’s practically unusable. Your mission? Use the optimization tools and techniques covered in this course to make the dashboard fast, scalable, and user-friendly.

Start with a review of Tableau’s performance evaluation tools, then dive into four key optimization areas, including data design, filters, calculations, and layouts and visuals. Learn how to record and interpret query performance, understand exactly how Tableau processing and rendering actually works, and review common event types and their impact on speed and usability.

Explore pros and cons of various data modeling techniques and connection types, best practices for filter optimization, pro tips to help you write efficient calculations, and much more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Course structure and outline
02 - Introducing the course project
03 - Setting expectations

1. Performance Evaluation

04 - Intro to performance evaluation
05 - Why performance matters
06 - Dashboard types
07 - Key performance questions
08 - Internal vs. external factors
09 - VizQL and query processing
10 - Performance recording
11 - Interpreting performance results
12 - Event types
13 - Workbook performance factors

2. Data Design

14 - Intro to data design
15 - Data modeling options
16 - Live vs. extract connections
17 - Live connection optimization
18 - Extract connection optimization
19 - Data source options
20 - Performance impact - Data design

3. Filter Optimization

21 - Intro to filter optimization
22 - Filtering order of operations
23 - Filter optimization tips
24 - Filter options
25 - Date filtering
26 - Filter actions
27 - Parameter and set actions
28 - Performance impact - Filter optimization

4. Calculation Optimization

29 - Intro to calculation optimization
30 - Calculation types
31 - Aggregation
32 - Level of detail expressions
33 - Table calculations
34 - Conditional calculations
35 - Calculated groups
36 - Common pain points
37 - Performance review - Calculation optimization

5. Layout and Visuals

38 - Intro to layout and visual optimization
39 - Mark and sheet counts
40 - Mapping options
41 - Tooltips
42 - Pages
43 - Dashboard properties
44 - Dashboard objects
45 - User experience tips
46 - Performance impact - Layout and visuals

6. Tableau Server and Online

47 - Intro to server and online
48 - Embedded vs. published sources
49 - Dashboard caching
50 - Cache warming
51 - Client-side vs. server-side rendering

Conclusion

52 - Key performance takeaways