Data Visualization with Tableau for Beginners

Workshop Syllabus

QCL Literacy: Level 1

Instructor

Jeho Park, Ph.D., Director of Quantitative and Computing Lab

Sam Lee, Graduate Fellow, Quantitative and Computing Lab

Summary

Tableau is the most powerful, secure, and flexible end-to-end analytics platform for your data. It is designed for the individual, but scaled for the enterprise, Tableau is the only business intelligence platform that turns your data into insights that drive action.

tableau public gallery:

https://public.tableau.com/en-us/gallery/analyzing-ums?gallery=votd

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for beginners in data visualization. No prior programming knowledge is needed.

Required Software/Account

• Tableau offers one-year Tableau licenses to faculty and students at accredited academic institutions.
• Install Tableau
  1. Public Version: https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/download
  2. Free Trial: https://www.tableau.com/en-gb/products/trial
  3. Students Access: https://www.tableau.com/academic/students
  4. Faculty Access: https://www.tableau.com/academic/teaching

Agenda

• What is Tableau
• Tableau Desktop Workspace
• Tableau Data Connections
• Filtering Data
• Sorting and calculations
• Charts and graphs
• Sharing and exporting

Before you start:

• Tableau Desktop application is available on your PC.
• Download Datasets for Hands-On exercise
• Datasets

    http://bit.ly/qcl-tableau-Level1-data