Chapter 24

Tableau Part 1: Intro to Visualization

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn how to navigate a tableau public workspace
  2. Connect to data
  3. Understand how Tableau handles and interprets data
  4. Build your own dashboard

Key Terminology

Tableau Workspace Navigation

  1. View
  2. Columns
  3. Rows
  4. Pages
  5. Data Pane
  6. Analytics Pane
  7. Data Source
  8. Worksheet
  9. Dashboard

Connecting Data

  1. Text
  2. Date
  3. Date and Time
  4. Numerical Values
  5. Boolean values
  6. Geographic values
  7. Image role
  8. Cluster Group
  9. Measure
  10. Dimension

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