How to Crack the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam in 15 Days

Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam Resources — Courses, Practice Questions links and a 15 day Schedule

Aasavari Kaley
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6 min readSep 21, 2020

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Tableau is currently the most popular data visualization software in the market today. Its popularity is rightly validated by the value it provides across industries and organizations.

Tableau shines as a Business Intelligence software providing high-quality visualization analytics and has been noted as BI platform leader in Gartner’s magic quadrant two years in a row (2020 and 2019) as seen below.

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According to Glassdoor, the profiles of Tableau Developer attracts an average base pay of USD 102K.

Hence, a certification in Tableau is one of the most valuable assets one could possess in the current BI landscape.

Tableau provides Three certifications:

1. Tableau Desktop Certified Specialist

Tableau desktop specialist is the first level of certification Tableau provides. This examination is for folks who have basic exposure to the tool and a suggested experience of 3 months, however, this isn’t mandatory. There is no prerequisite, before taking this exam. The title of the Tableau Desktop Specialist never expires. We will be focusing on this examination in this blog.

2. Tableau Desktop Certified Associate

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