A six-week plan at a few hours per week. This is a hands-on exam, so use the free Tableau Public tool and rebuild every concept rather than only watching videos.
| Week | Focus | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecting to data: files, servers, data types, the data source page | You can connect a dataset and set field types |
| 2 | Preparing data: joins, unions, and when to blend | You can join two tables and explain join vs union vs blend |
| 3 | Exploring data: marks, Show Me, sorting, filters | You can build the common chart types |
| 4 | Analysing data: groups, sets, basic and table calculations, maps | You can write a calc and a % of total table calc |
| 5 | Sharing insights: dashboards, stories, formatting, publishing | You can build and publish a dashboard |
| 6 | Tableau concepts + timed review | You can explain dimensions vs measures and discrete vs continuous |
Final tips
Exploring and analysing data is the biggest domain at 35%, so weight your practice there, but sharing insights (dashboards and stories) is another 25% and easy to under-rate. Tableau’s free training plus Tableau Public is enough for most people. Avoid “exam dump” sites - they breach Tableau and Salesforce policy and copyright.