Introduction to Tableau Desktop

In this introductory module, you will:

  • Get the big picture of the workflow in Tableau Desktop, in which you connect to your data, analyze it, and share your discoveries.
  • See this process in detail in the lesson demos about connecting to a data spreadsheet, working with data to build visualizations, and creating an interactive dashboard.
  • Try it all yourself in the activities. You’ll work with a global library data set to create visualizations and a dashboard to answer questions about the data.

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Analyze Your Data in Two Views

Lesson Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Create and use basic visualizations to answer questions about data. This lesson was produced using Tableau Desktop 10.0. Please download the following resource files before you begin.

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Share Library Data in a Dashboard

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Combine two views in a dashboard and make sizing adjustments.
  • Use one view as a filter.
  • Use sorting to get highest and lowest values.
  • Show and edit a dashboard title.
  • Save a file as a packaged workbook (.twbx). 

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