Tableau Certified Consultant Exam Questions -2024-

1.1.1 Evaluate existing reports, including volume, gap analysis, performance, and data accuracy

1.1.2 Map existing reports, data products, and business needs to Tableau capabilities

1.1.3 Translate analytical requirements into Tableau context by using best practices

1.1.4 Recommend whether to use Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud, including migration

1.2.1 Evaluate whether existing data supports business needs

1.2.2 Evaluate lineage of existing data structures

1.2.3 Evaluate existing data structures for performance risks

1.2.4 Evaluate existing data structures for performance enhancement opportunities

2.1.1 Recommend an appropriate data storage method, data structure, and strategy

2.1.2 Recommend an appropriate tool to transform data, including Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, or an ETL product

2.1.3 Identify impact of static and responsive calculations in Tableau Prep and Tableau workbooks

2.1.4 Specify the requirements for minimum level of granularity

2.2.1 Implement RLS and an entitlement table

2.2.2 Identify group functions versus user functions

2.2.3 Implement hierarchies to support RLS

2.2.4 Compare RLS approaches

2.3.1 Recommend an appropriate method to connect to data, such as Web Data Connectors, web extract APIs, custom SQL, or ODBC

2.3.2 Create connections by using Tableau Bridge

2.3.3 Recommend how to prepare data to meet specific requirements, including shaping and combining

2.3.4 Specify aggregation level and strategy for data sources in Tableau products (Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server)

2.3.5 Identify the minimum fields required for analysis

2.3.6 Troubleshoot complex data issues and connections

3.1.1 Recommend when to use an advanced chart type, such as Sankey, chord, radar, tile map, small multiples, and data densification

3.1.2 Plan and implement the necessary calculations for customized charts

3.1.3 Identify the effect of the Tableau order of operations on calculations

3.1.4 Troubleshoot issues caused by the Tableau order of operations

3.1.5 Plan and implement advanced techniques to build interactivity into dashboards, such as dynamic URL actions, parameter actions, filter actions, and sheet swapping

3.1.6 Identify use cases for augmented analytics, such as Ask Data, Explain Data, and Data Stories

3.2.1 Identify and resolve resource-intensive queries

3.2.2 Maximize caching for Tableau Server

3.2.3 Identify and resolve performance issues caused by calculations such as string comparisons, IF THEN statements, and Level of Detail (LOD) expressions

3.2.4 Recommend calculations that should be moved upstream of Tableau

3.2.5 Interpret and resolve issues by using performance recordings

3.2.6 Identify and resolve performance issues caused by design elements such as number of sheets, number of filters, and image size

3.3.1 Implement aggregations that include dimensions

3.3.2 Implement advanced table calculations, such as window, nested table, or multi-directional

3.3.3 Implement advanced date functions, such as fiscal calendars

3.3.4 Implement advanced LODs, such as nested LODs

3.3.5 Implement combinations of advanced calculations

3.3.6 Troubleshoot advanced calculations

4.1.1 Map an organization’s governance requirements to Tableau features and capabilities

4.1.2 Recommend a strategy for securing access to content

4.1.3 Recommend a strategy for organizing content, such as by function, by organization, and by role

4.1.4 Recommend a strategy for ensuring data quality, including certifying data sources, minimizing data proliferation, and configuring data quality warnings

4.1.5 Evaluate compliance with a governance strategy by using Data Catalog, including Data Lineage

4.2.1 Interpret the repository schema and event types

4.2.2 Specify insights that require a custom administrative view

4.2.3 Specify appropriate permissions to create administrative views

4.3.1 Map publishing requirements to features and capabilities of Tableau

4.3.2 Recommend an approach for the workbook lifecycle, including building, testing, deployment, distribution, and maintenance

4.3.3 Recommend a version control strategy within Tableau

4.4.1 Identify and resolve connection authentication and network access

4.4.2 Identify and resolve update failures that originate from the source system

4.4.3 Identify other issues that originate from outside Tableau, such as platform or network outage