Tableau Desktop: Speed & Performance Optimization (Udemy.com)
Optimize Tableau Desktop for data analysis & business intelligence at scale: build fast user-friendly Tableau dashboards
Created by: Maven Analytics
Last updated June 2026
What you will learn
- Build fast, scalable, and user-friendly dashboards with Tableau Desktop
- Optimize data sources, calculations, filters and visuals to create high-performance workbooks
- Master the same tools & techniques used by business intelligence analysts and data scientists
- Showcase your Tableau Desktop skills with unique, hands-on course projects
- Learn from a best-selling instructor and award-winning Tableau developer
How it compares
Against the other 59 rated Udemy courses in Tableau on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 57% of them
- Reviews291#43 of 60 by number of reviews
- Length3.3 hoursshorter than 82% of them
- Last updatedJune 2026more recently than 79% of them
Course Description
If you’re looking to improve the speed and performance of your Tableau Desktop dashboards, this is the course for you.
In this course, you’ll be playing the role of a Business Intelligence Analyst at Bike Maven, a bicycle sharing company based in New York City. You’ve inherited a Tableau dashboard containing 3 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.
We’ll start by reviewing Tableau’s performance evaluation tools, then dive into four key optimization areas, including data design, filters, calculations, and layouts & visuals:
Course Project & Setup
Introduce the course project, set expectations, and install Tableau Desktop
Performance Evaluation
Review performance expectations, internal vs. external factors, and performance recording tools
Data Design
Optimize data models, define aggregations, and leverage Tableau extracts
Filter Optimization
Apply workbook & sheet-level filters, choose efficient filter types, and utilize filter alternatives
Calculation Optimization
Choose best-fit functions, use efficient syntax, and limit complex blends
Layout & Visuals
Create performant visuals, limit mark counts, and optimize dashboard sizing
Tableau Server & Online
Review performance factors outside of local Tableau Desktop dashboards
During the course you’ll 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. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of various data modeling techniques and connection types, share best practices for filter optimization, introduce pro tips to help you write efficient calculations, and review key data analysis, data visualization and dashboard design principles.
We’ll practice applying these techniques to our Bike Maven dashboard, and track our performance improvements each step of the way. Whether you're a casual user, aspiring data analyst, business intelligence professional or data scientist, this course will give you the tools you need to become an absolute Tableau ROCKSTAR!
Join today and get immediate, lifetime access to the following:
3+ hours of high-quality video
50+ page Tableau Speed & Performance 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
- 4.6 Rating
291 Reviews
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Reviews
By Sur gur on 6/19/2024
Excellent Course. Im so content and happy to have landed on this course. This has answered so many of my questions. I so wish to go through other materials by the author. Thank you
By Asad Farooqi on 11/16/2023
Fantastic course - super detailed on the precisce elements to focus on when optimising Tableau dashboards, and highly implementable. Recommended
By Anonymized User on 10/29/2023
As always, Dustin is really amazing and the course is well thought out. One problem was that some packaged book didn't download correctly with error saying "Path too long" when extracted from zip file. Thinking that I have missing resources in back of my head, it was hard to figure out if I was suppose to open new workbooks or continue on old one.
By Hakim Ashagidigbi on 9/12/2023
I have just realised, I should have bought the Advanced Tableau Desktop course, instead of this one. For this reason, there's a mismatch between expectations and outcome
By Caroline Fischer on 9/8/2023
Great course! Enjoyed seeing the impact of applying lessons learnt on the course material and the ability to quantify performance improvements.
By Simon Chung on 12/9/2022
Really comprehensive and condensed summary of performance and tuning subjects. Good practices to take away and include in your Tableau build lifecycle.
By Manmeet Singh on 1/3/2022
It is really good. I was looking for something similar for long time. Thanks for very informative course. I have register for 4 out of 5 course now.
By Monaco_jessica@hotmail.com Jessica Di Mo on 12/30/2021
This course has taught me a lot of valuable techniques. Videos are to the point without drag-on. Great course, well done to the instructor.
By Karen Ramirez on 11/7/2021
Great course, even learned quite a few Tableau shortcuts not related with optimitizing performance. Overall, just what I was looking for...and more.
By Philip Mendon on 10/18/2021
This course is just what I was looking for! We are constantly dealing with slow dashboards at work and Dustin's points are helping me tune them up to their maximum potential!
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