2014
Lynda
Curt Frye
1:22
English

Meet Tableau, the powerful data visualization program from Tableau Software. Join Curt Frye as he introduces key skills such as creating visualizations, combining data from multiple sources into a single view, managing Tableau workbooks, creating different types of visualizations, and summarizing data using maps and dashboards. Get a deeper understanding of your data with Tableau and start making better decisions for your company.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Introducing Tableau
Downloading Tableau
Installing Tableau drivers
Introducing Tableau file types
Getting help in Tableau
Introducing the Tableau user interface
2. Managing Data Sources and Visualizations
Connecting to a data source
Joining related data sources
Creating a visualization using Show Me
Reordering and removing visualization fields
Sorting and filtering Tableau data
Creating a calculated field
Changing the summary operation
Adding totals and subtotals to a cross-tab
3. Managing Tableau Worksheets and Workbooks
Displaying the data underlying a workbook
Adding, duplicating, and renaming worksheets
Reordering, clearing, and deleting worksheets
Changing a worksheet's tab color
Showing or hiding worksheet elements
Saving your changes
Saving your workbook as a PDF file
Creating a packaged workbook
4. Formatting Tableau Visualizations
Changing the visual summary type
Creating a heat map
Creating a box-and-whisker plot
Changing the appearance of your data
Resizing a visualization
Displaying a visualization in Presentation mode
5. Creating Maps, Dashboards, and Webpages
Ensuring your data can be mapped
Creating a basic map
Setting map options
Creating a dashboard
Adding elements to a dashboard
Conclusion
Further resources

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