Tableau Desktop - Advanced Data Visualization & Dashboards (Udemy.com)
Learn advanced Tableau Desktop skills for data analysis, visualization & dashboard design, w/ a top Tableau instructor!
Created by: Maven Analytics
Last updated June 2026
What you will learn
- Build professional-quality reports, dashboards and custom visuals with Tableau Desktop
- Master advanced tools like parameter actions, geospatial mapping, and predictive analytics
- Learn the same advanced techniques used by business intelligence analysts and data scientists
- Showcase your skills with unique course projects & assignments (with step-by-step solutions)
- Learn from a best-selling instructor, featured author, and award-winning Tableau developer
Course Description
If you’re ready to build expert-level data analysis, visualization and dashboard design skills with Tableau Desktop, you’ve come to the right place.
This course is a hands-on and project-based dive deep into several advanced Tableau topics, ranging from data relationships and calculations to predictive analytics and dynamic design techniques. As always, we’ll be applying these tools to real-world data analysis and business intelligence use cases every step of the way.
You’ll be playing the role of a newly hired analyst for Maven Roasters, a bespoke, small batch coffee roasting company. Your mission? Use advanced analytics and visual design tools to take the company’s business intelligence reports to the next level.
We’ll kick things off by digging into relationships and the Tableau Desktop data model, exploring topics like logical vs. physical layers, contextual joins, smart aggregation, and performance optimization.
From there we’ll introduce a range of powerful Tableau visualization and design tools, including custom templates, dynamic formats, animations, parameter & set actions, and geospatial mapping.
Last but not least, we’ll cover advanced calculations like RegEx and custom LOD expressions, along with powerful predictive analytics tools like regression, forecasting, clustering, and more.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Tableau Relationships
Logical & physical layers, contextual joins, smart aggregation, etc.
Dynamic Design
Custom templates, KPI shapes, dynamic formatting, filter menus, etc.
Parameter & Set Actions
Interactivity, relative dimensional analysis, animation, color scaling, etc.
Geospatial Mapping
Spatial functions, custom territories, hierarchies, background maps, etc.
Advanced Calculations
RegEx, advanced table calcs, LOD functions, cohort analysis, etc.
Predictive Analytics
Regression models, forecasting, clustering, R & Python integration, etc.
Throughout the course, you’ll come across unique opportunities to put your new Tableau Desktop skills to the test, like analyzing employee earnings for the Boston Police Department, building forecast models for the World Health Organization, and designing geospatial dashboards to help FEMA identify environmental risks.
Whether you’re an aspiring analyst, business intelligence professional or data scientist, or just looking to take your Tableau visualization and dashboard skills to the next level, this is the course for you!
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Join today and get immediate, lifetime access to the following:
11+ hours of high-quality video
Advanced Tableau Desktop ebook
Downloadable Tableau project files & solutions
Homework assignments & quizzes
Course Q&A forum
30-day money-back guarantee
See you in the course!
-Dustin (Featured Tableau Author & Lead Tableau Instructor, Maven Analytics)
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Instructor Details
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1,201 Reviews
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Reviews
By Kaniqua Outlaw on 3/4/2026
Great attention to detail. The lessons were very well paced, and the explanations were clear. I took this course to improve my Tableau capabilities, and I can confidently say that I have increased my knowledge and comfort with advanced concepts like level of detail expressions, parameter, and set actions. Would highly recommend.
By Anonymized User on 5/18/2023
A 5 star intro course. While marketed as an advanced course, it primarily functions as a thorough introduction to advanced functionalities. Nonetheless, it falls short in exploring truly advanced concepts in depth. Furthermore, the reliance on tailored data for examples tends to shift its focus more towards introductory-level content.
By Yura Aivazian on 8/20/2022
One of the most interesting and challenging courses on Tableau, and provides detailed information and examples on advanced topics (Level of Detail calculations, Dynamic Design, Parameter and Set Actions to name the few). Dustin Cabral, the instructor for this course, has profound knowledge on Tableau and Business analytics and is always willing to respond to questions related to the course in a prompt and professional manner.
By Brian Young on 7/4/2022
The course was very in-depth, and as expected it stuck true to its name of "Advanced Calculations." The main downsides I had was that the instructor seemed to speak and move very quickly, to the point where I found myself constantly having to rewind or even slow down the playback video rate. Secondly, I would have appreciated more examples of the calculations and taking them slowly, instead of a race to use them inside of worksheets and also our course dashboard
By Harvinder on 5/7/2022
Sorry, It was just like watching chandrayan launch. There should be some explanation of data flows and a better explanation of the linkage of the field was missing totally.
By Sivaranjani S on 12/29/2020
Just Awesome Course . Wonderful definition on beginning of each section. Quick replies and clear answers. Out of my personal interest and to have a strong basic , Planning now to take his beginners course and again come back here to create the awesome Final Interactive Dashboard. An Interactive Dashboard Project that teaches you so many things in 1 course. Looking for more courses from Dustin/Maven in Tableau. 1 sad thing is , it Seems you guys have many courses for PowerBI but just 2 for Tableau.
By Praveen Dsa on 12/22/2020
Awesome...! Exactly what I was looking for, one of best Tableau advance course out there, I was going through various content and courses to acquire some advanced Tableau concepts, and I found all those techniques here in this course, all those who are looking for advanced Tableau concepts, don't think twice this is the right course for you, Thanks Dustin for a wonderful course.
By Colin Tomb on 12/17/2020
It's an excellent course for the price point. Dustin explains everything very well, in a down-to-earth manner. There are many aspects of this course that could find real-world application. I have already applied the graphical overlays, Parameter Actions | Year-Over-Year & swapped out my existing drop down parameter for sheet swapping, with buttons driven by parameter actions. *Additional comment: My only improvement suggestion would be further videos focused on automation. An example of this, could be replacing time-bound flags with created parameters in calculated fields.
By Senthilnathan Gobal on 11/14/2020
Thoroughly enjoying the course. It is very detailed to the necessary and a complete course. Dustin replies back immediately with all the clarifications if any. Its very difficult to find such a complete course as all the details are presented in both basic and in this advanced course. I would recommend both courses by Dustin for any one who wants to begin their Tableau journey. Aweseome Course and excellent dedication by Dustin and Maven Team Thank you Dustin
By Franco A on 11/10/2020
Want to really advance with Tableau? I think this is your course. I’m a full-time Tableau developer. Some of the material I have not seen in any other course, not even Tableau’s e-leaning. And the material is practical. Need an example? Some dashboards are like software interfaces. Dustin’s “commentary overlay” is pure genius. And, last but not least, his 94-page PDF might look better than Tableau’s official pages.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












