Exam Name: Salesforce Certified Tableau Consultant

Exam Code: Analytics-Con-301

Related Certification(s): Salesforce Consultant Certification

Certification Provider: Salesforce

Number of Analytics-Con-301 Practice Questions: 100 (updated: )

Expected Analytics-Con-301 Exam Topics, as suggested by Salesforce:
Topic 1: Business Analysis
This section of the exam measures skills of Tableau Consultants focusing on evaluating the current state of analytics within an organization. It covers mapping business needs to Tableau capabilities, translating analytical requirements to best practices in Tableau, and recommending appropriate deployment options like Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud. It also includes evaluating existing data structures for supporting business needs and identifying performance risks and opportunities.
Topic 2: Data Analysis
This domain targets Tableau Consultants to plan and prepare data connections effectively. It includes recommending data transformation strategies, designing row-level security (RLS) data structures, and implementing advanced data connections such as Web Data Connectors and Tableau Bridge. Skills in specifying granularity and aggregation strategies for data sources across Tableau products are emphasized.
Topic 3: Business Consulting
For Tableau Consultants, this section involves designing and troubleshooting calculations and workbooks to meet advanced analytical use cases. It covers selecting appropriate chart types, applying Tableau’s order of operations in calculations, building interactivity into dashboards, and optimizing workbook performance by resolving resource-intensive queries and other design-related issues.
Topic 4: Data Management
This part focuses on establishing governance and support for published content. Tableau Consultants are expected to manage data security, publish and maintain data sources and workbooks, and oversee content access. It includes applying governance best practices, using metadata APIs, and supporting administration functions to maintain data integrity and accessibility.
Topic 5: Data Visualization
This section evaluates the Tableau Consultant’s ability to design effective visual analytics solutions. It involves creating dashboards and visual reports that enhance user understanding, employing techniques like dynamic actions and advanced chart types, and ensuring performance optimization for an interactive user experience.
Topic 6: IT Management
This domain measures skills related to managing Tableau environments. It includes planning server upgrades, recommending deployment solutions (on-premise or cloud), and ensuring alignment between technical and business requirements for analytics infrastructure. It also involves troubleshooting and optimizing system performance relevant to Tableau Server and Cloud deployments.
Free Salesforce Analytics-Con-301 Exam Actual Questions
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Q1. A consultant builds a report where profit margin is calculated as SUM([Profit]) / SUM([Sales]). Three groups of users are organized on Tableau Server with the following levels of data access:

Group 1: Viewers who cannot see any information on profitability

Group 2: Viewers who can see profit and profit margin

Group 3: Viewers who can see profit margin but not the value of profit

Which approach should the consultant use to provide the required level of access?

Q2. A client wants to see data for only the most recent day in the dataset that is updated intermittently. The solution should offer the best caching performance.

Which approach should the consultant use to produce the desired results?

Q3. A client wants to see the average number of orders per customer per month, broken down by region. The client has created the following calculated field:

Orders per Customer: {FIXED [Customer ID]: COUNTD([Order ID])}

The client then creates a line chart that plots AVG(Orders per Customer) over MONTH(Order Date) by Region. The numbers shown by this chart are far higher than the customer expects.

The client asks a consultant to rewrite the calculation so the result meets their expectation.

Which calculation should the consultant use?

Q4. A stakeholder has multiple files saved (CSV/Tables) in a single location. A few files from the location are required for analysis. Data transformation (calculations) is required for the files before designing the visuals. The files have the following attributes:

All files have the same schema.

Multiple files have something in common among their file names.

Each file has a unique key column.

Which data transformation strategy should the consultant use to deliver the best optimized result?

Q5. A client wants to count all the distinct orders placed in 2010. They have written the following calculation, but the result is incorrect:

IF YEAR([Date])=2010 THEN COUNTD ([OrderID]) END

Which calculation will produce the correct result?