Who it's for: Anyone looking to get the most out of Tableau's unmatched data visualization tools.
What it is: Tableau is a popular tool for analyzing and visualizing data, with powerful tools like interactive dashboards, custom reports, and more.
What you'll learn: In this 6-part series, we start with the basics, showing you some best practices for connecting data sources and creating univariate, bivariate, and multivariate charts. Then, we jump into working with maps and groups. Next, we explore calculating user-defined fields, as well as customizing, saving, and exporting. We take some time to go over summarizing and interacting with data and then end with a sizable series of tips and tricks on dashboards, visuals, and sharing your creations with the world.
- Introduction (1:26)
- Introduction to Connecting to Data Sources (2:31)
- Copying and Pasting Behaviors in Tableau (1:15)
- Data Sources Supported in Tableau (0:25)
- Connecting to Text Files (4:13)
- Connecting to Excel Files (1:28)
- Connecting to Access Databases (2:03)
- Pasting from Clipboard (4:36)
- Data Source View - Relationships, Joins, Unions, and Blends (4:58)
- Merging Multiple Data Sources - Reviewing Relationship (2:56)
- Merging Multiple Data Sources - Physical Layers and Joins (4:16)
- Connecting to Other Databases - SharePoint List (4:06)
- Sheet View Definitions (2:46)
- Sheet View (3:09)
- Marks Card (1:13)
- Accessing Built-In Tableau Data Source and Editing Data (7:59)
- Applying a Filter at the Data Source Level (3:48)
- Applying a Filter Using the Filters Shelf in Sheet View (5:04)
- Understanding Dimensions and Measures (2:14)
- Connecting to Data Sources Recap (2:10)
- Introduction to Univariate Charts (1:20)
- Creating Tables (3:21)
- Tables Exercise (1:08)
- Creating Bar Graphs (3:36)
- Creating Pie Charts (5:36)
- Sorting Graphs (2:13)
- Creating Line Charts (5:28)
- Creating Histograms (2:13)
- Creating a Stacked Bar Graph (2:41)
- Box Plots Overview (1:35)
- Creating Box Plots by Adding Reference Lines (7:15)
- Creating Box and Whisker Plots Using Show Me (2:54)
- Showing Aggregate Measures (3:07)
- Showing Aggregate Measures Using Worksheets (1:48)
- Showing Top 10 Items (5:02)
- Univariate Charts Recap (2:13)
- Conclusion (2:31)