The easiest way to prove your skill is to obtain a certification. So, I’ll share the process of how I obtained the certification including preparation, registration and getting the certification.
Registration
Why do I put the registration before tableau preparation? Because you should register the tableau exam before starting preparation. It can make you start to learn. Otherwise, you may not start to prepare for the tableau exam after few years. We’re always lazy. Don’t want to spend extra effort after a whole day work, isn’t it? Okay, so how to register it? It’s quite easy.
- Go to google search: tableau certification
- Then click this Certification – Tableau Software
After the registration, you’ll receive a mail.
Then you finish the registration! The most important part of the process. Congratulations!
Preparation
Because I’m a data scientist of a company. So, I’ve to use tableau daily. But I think it’s not enough only practice it during work. Because in the exam, there’s part of knowledge is not in only using tableau. Such as you know how to drive, but you also need to know the driving courtesy, label meaning, etc.
I recommend two nice books which I use to prepare for the exam.
Subhashini Chellappan. Pro Tableau : a Step-by-Step Guide / by Seema Acharya, Subhashini Chellappan. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2017. Web.
Sleeper, Ryan. Practical Tableau : 100 Tips, Tutorials, and Strategies from a Tableau Zen Master / Ryan Sleeper. First edition. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, 2018. Print.
The first book, I read more than three times. Each time I can learn a new thing. And about the second book is a more practical book which may not cover so well about the tableau exam.
Getting the Certification
Not like as “Tableau Desktop Specialist” certification. You can know the result around few hours after the exam. It takes a while to know the result, so be patient. It takes around three months to know the result. Maybe because there are more hands-on questions.
You can download the certification.
You can link it to Credly Badget also.
This is my experience, hope can help you to get the certification!