Jumpstart Tableau

This exercise demonstrates how to launch Tableau and connect to an Excel spreadsheet data source.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to connect to two data sources.

Objective: This exercise provides an overview of the Tableau interface.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how a simple visualization can be developed.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to save a Tableau Workbook (.twb) and a Tableau Packaged Workbook (.twbx).

Objective: This exercise demonstrates some basic analysis functions in Tableau.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how a dimension or measure is added or deleted from a visualization, and explains how to rename a dimension.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to copy or delete a worksheet.

To change the chart type, all you need to do is click the desired chart

Worksheet with displayed Show Me window

This exercise demonstrates how to display visualization data in a crosstab format, how to swap axes so that data can be viewed from a different perspective, and how to size a view

This exercise demonstrates how to perform the sort function

Objective: This exercise demonstrates the sort function in more detail.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to view the values for all the rows in the data source that make up the visualization.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how grouping is performed.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to build a hierarchy.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to work with aggregates.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how the Exclude and Keep functions are used.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to filter using the Filter shelf.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how a quick filter is created, used, and removed.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates quick filter customization.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how single and multiple value lists can be used in quick filters.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how sliders are set up and used.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how two filters can be made dependent, which is also known as cascading filters.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to save a visualization in PDF format.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to copy and export a displayed image.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to display and save the data associated with a displayed visualization.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to display and export the detailed underlying data behind a visualization.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates another method for exporting crosstab data to Excel.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates commonly used formatting functions.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to highlight the data in the visualization using color.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to format the chart axes and display labels.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to format a table.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to use the Top N function to determine top performers.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how trend lines are inserted in a chart.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates the forecasting feature in Tableau.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to create a dashboard.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to apply quick filters for selected worksheets on a dashboard.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how changes to a worksheet cascade in a dashboard.

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to modify the dashboard and views display through layout and formatting changes and by adding content.