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Myself XXXXXXX, I have over all 8+ years of experience working on Busine

Professional Experience started my career as a oracle Sql developer and after couple of projects I started
Ford Motors Company Tableau. Working on specs
Tech Tableau offered me with challenging tasks and great thinki
are very powerful and deliver great insights with the most Advanced features.
TD Bank Tech specs
Currently i am working as Sr Tableau Developer for Ford Motors MI.
IBM India Pvt Ltd Tech specs
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd In my previous projects I worked as a tableau Developer and Business Analyst w
Tech Specs
various end user requirements and Senior Management. I am very good at SQL
Role and Responsibilites Dashboards overall performance and created them as per the best practices.
Challenges
To tell brief about my current & recent projects, At Ford Motors I am working he
requirements. During the course I directly work with the business end users and
as per the Requirements. At times I face some challenges with the way the requ
offering the intended functionality. I was instrumental in delivering over all 8 to

In my second Project @ TD Bank NJ, I was a Tableau Developer and my role was
Dashboards using Tableau. Also here the data is coming from heterogeneous da
to blend the data and create the Visualizations. Here I got much exposure for cr
needs .
Apart from these, part of my time was spend on Administering Tableau where I
migrated Tableau from lower version to higher version. Also I have created user

This is in brief about me and if you want me to elaborate on any specific thing, I
experience working on Business Intelligence, ETL and oracle Development and Visualization Tools. I
fter couple of projects I started working on Business Intelligence and Visualization tools especially
llenging tasks and great thinking. Also I became very passionate working on Visualization tools as these
he most Advanced features.
r Ford Motors MI.
eloper and Business Analyst wherequestions?
I have created several Visualizations, Dashboards and Scorecards for
ement. I am very good at SQL as well and I have written various complex SQL's also I have worked on the
m as per the best practices. Bye

t Ford Motors I am working heavily on Dashbaord development for some of the complex End user
ith the business end users and gathered requirements and then code the individual sheets/dashboards
llenges with the way the requirements are set and I always come up with Alternatives if the tool is not
ntal in delivering over all 8 to 10 dashboards in very less amount of time.

au Developer and my role was to work with end users and gather requirements and create various
oming from heterogeneous data sources Oracle and Taradata and I used Tableau's Data blending option
ere I got much exposure for creating some of out of the box charts using Tableau and satisfy the end user

dministering Tableau where I got an opportunity to install Tableau on a Clustered environment and also
rsion. Also I have created users, groups, projects and sites to set up the organization reporting structure.

borate on any specific thing, I would be more than happy to do that.

Tableau components Types of Charts

Features
verison 8 Filter actions Diffence in Tableau 8 and 9
Version 8.1 groups
Version 8.2 SETS,
Version 8.3 http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/pro/online/mac/en-us/functions_functions_tablec
Versions
why tableau Discrete - Blue
architecture Continous-green
Functions Measure Names and Values
box and whisker plot
Bullet charts Tableau best practices
types of files Improving Performance
diff bet .tds and .tde files
Types of filters
quick filter Vs Normal filter

Data Blending
Deciding Between Joining Tables and Blending Data

Context Fileter
n Tableau 8 and 9 QlikView VS TABLEAU
Diffence in Tableau 7 and 8
Diffence in Tableau 8 and 9
functions_functions_tablecalculation.html 8.0 and 9.0 Server

Tableau best practices

Improving Performance
More performance
Tableau Javascript API
What is a Data Warehouse?
What is data modelling?
what is tableau achitecture.
What are Dimensions and Facts?
Best features of tableau and limitations of tableau.
what are the file size limitations with tableau
What are different products of tableau?
What are there any data limitations with tableau public?
How can u set permissions or protect the data in tableau public?
If i delete a workbook from tableau public and there are links to other blogs and other web locations.. what happ
what is tableau reader
What is difference between discrete and continuous?
What is the difference between filter and parameter?
What is the difference between groups and sets?
What are the different types of Actions?
Can we use parameters in filters?
What are diffrent types of connecting data?
How to view sql which is generated by Tableau Desktop?
How to refresh data extracts?
If we connect live will it refresh automatically or do we need to refresh manually?
How to display top 5 and last 5 in same view?
What is crosstab?
What is dashboard life cycle?
What are the limitations of tableau public?
What is difference between tableau public and desktop?
What to do if we don't have latitude and longitude of a location?
how to remove duplicate records and what function we have used in tableau?
How can you schedule the Reports in tableau? Explain briefly?
What is Score Card?
What are parameters and when do you use it?
What is Ad-hoc Reports in tableau? Explain?
What is the Difference between quick filter and Normal filter in tableau?
How is Tableau so fast when working with databases?
What is data blending..? When do you use this.?
Can you explain about table calculations?
How many types of filters are there in Tableau.?
What is Context Filter?
How to Improve Performance in Tableau.?
What kind of technology is a Tableau Viz?
What is KPI in Tableau.?
How we can find the tableau Report Rendering Time.?
What kind of join do you see in data blending?
What are the weakness/disadvantages of Tableau Desktop Software?
What is a tableau data extract?
Is tableau constrained by the amount of data from any data source once connected? – NO
Does the original system of record(SOR) change as a result of the wok done with Tableau? – NO
How would ou best describe a dimension and a measure?
What Tableau feature presents visual options automatically? – show me
What is important about the use of color(hint BPT) – do not absure color
What feature enables one user to compile many workbooks into one master workbook? – bookmarks.
What chart type enables the discovery of outlier most effectively? Scatter chart.
What Is the best way to render time series data? – trend lines
In addition to auto-sorting name one other way to apply?- Manual sorting
How do you add data labels using an icon?- use the abc icon or the label card.
What feature provides the most options for showing percentages?
Name one important dashboard concept – simplicity of design.
How many ways are there to create a new worksheet in tableau? – 3
Why is it important to name worksheets? – for the creation of dashboards
Can a dimension be converted to a measure? –yes
When connecting to an excel file, what is important about column headers? –
Quick filters – name three ways to limit the space used by a quick filer – single value, compact list and slider
When you save a workbook wit multiple data source connections, and you share that workbook with other tablea
What type of chart would you use to render the distribution of a measure in dimensional buckets? – histogram
Is it possible to change a measure to a dimension and still have access to the original measure? – yes
Name two types of calculations – Quick table calculations and calculated fields
When would you use grouping? When there are many items that you want to segment into sections or groups, or
Is it possible to use sets with two different data sources? – No
How many options are possible with quick table calcualtions? – Nine
Name two ways to improve desktop performance. – Use extracts, context filters and pause automatic updates.
When creating a combinations chart, are you limited to two measures? – NO
Is it possible to use a quick filter with a combination chart? Yes
Is the data blending feature limited to two data sources? – NO
When a user intitiates the data blending process, does it start with a dimension or a measure? - A dimension
Is data blending recommended when one of the sources is a data warehouse? – It is not.
What feature is used to connect to worksheets that are not on the dashboard? Actions
What type of visual best presents the 20 -80 rule? – gantt chart
Are standard deviations the same for all industries? – No – they are industry specific
How would you best present a special event analysis over time? – Banding
What is the name of the visual that has replaced speedometers? – Bullet charts
What type of visual renders many marks with both size and color in one view? – Heat map and bubble charts.
b locations.. what happens to them?
 bookmarks.

pact list and slider

kbook with other tableau users, do they have access to all the data sources that you created? – yes
buckets? – histogram
ure? – yes

o sections or groups, or when you want to combine any two dimensions on the fly.

e automatic updates.

ure? - A dimension

and bubble charts.

Performance Tips Enviromental database

Best Practices

architecture

Geo codes
Tableau techniques

possible reasons for performance issue

why tableau is fast
Relational model Vs Dimensional modelling
Dimensional modelling Fact Table Factless Fact
Dimension table
Lookup Table
Aggregate Table
Star Schema Aggregation
snow flake schema
slowly changing Dimensions

ODS EDW DATAMARTS

ODS EDW Datamart
Data warehouse
characteristics
Data warehouse VS OLTP
Logical Design

Additive,Semi Additive and Non Additive 1. Conformed Dimension

1NF ,2NF,3NF 2. Junk Dimension-
OLAP VS OLTP 3. Degenerated Dimension
4. Role Playing Dimension
Fast Changing Dimension
Monster Dimension
Mini Dimension

ROLAP MOLAP
conceptual model
logical data model
Physical model

DMR Modelling
When

DMR VS Cubes
Normalization SQL/PLSQL
Normalization forms http://www.gcreddy.com/2013/02/sql-and-plsql-interview-questions.html
JOIN DDL
Outer join plsql block DML
Stored
View proceedures DCL
Materialized views? Triggers TCL
Cursors
set operations Functions
join operations

Primary key Indexes

Foriegnkey
surrogate key

DELETE & TRUNCATE

where clause and having clause
What is a Pass-through Query?
Function and Stored Procedure

constraints
Union
Union ALL

Important links
http://plsql-tutorial.com/plsql-triggers.htm
http://plsql-tutorial.com/index.htm#
-interview-questions.html
Server Installation & Configuaration
General Tab

Data Connections Tab

Alerts and Subscriptions Tab

External SSL
SAML

Configure Kerberos

Servers Tab
Install and Configure Worker Nodes
http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/tabadmin_cmd.htm

tabadmin stop
tabadmin set [option-name value]
tabadmin config
tabadmin start

http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/tabcmd_cmd.htm