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Tableau Day 1

This document provides an agenda and overview for a Tableau training day. It introduces Tableau as a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to various data sources and create dashboards and reports without coding. It reviews Tableau products, architecture, data types, chart types, and how to install Tableau Public and create sample dashboards. Videos are also provided to demonstrate Tableau Desktop and Server capabilities.

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Tableau Day 1

This document provides an agenda and overview for a Tableau training day. It introduces Tableau as a data visualization tool that allows users to connect to various data sources and create dashboards and reports without coding. It reviews Tableau products, architecture, data types, chart types, and how to install Tableau Public and create sample dashboards. Videos are also provided to demonstrate Tableau Desktop and Server capabilities.

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Tableau – Day 1

Agenda
• Videos
• Introduction to Tableau
• How does Tableau works
• Tableau Products
• Tableau Architecture
• Dimensions / Measures
• Data Types
• Chart Types
• Install Tableau Public
• Sample Dashboards
Videos

• http://www.tableau.com/products/desktop

• http://www.tableau.com/products/server
Introduction on Tableau
 It is a reporting Tool and it is a data visualization tool where we can see the
data in dashboards.

 It is very easy to connect to the different data sources like Flat Files or
Database.

 It will take less development time and access data much faster.

 Connect to your data and perform queries without writing a single line
of code.

 Visual analysis in a click -Powerful analytical tools—at your fingertips.

 Tableau is very easy to learn and easy to use with drag and drop technology.
It is a User friendly interface that creates reports that look great right of the
gate.
How does Tableau Works
 Tableau is based on three simple concepts.

 Connect: Connect Tableau to any data source that you want to analyze.

 Analyze: Analyze the data the way you want, I mean filter it, sort it,
perform aggregations on it, summarize it and so on.

 Share: You can share results with others either by sharing workbooks with
other tableau users, by pasting results into applications such as Microsoft
Office ,printing to PDF or by using Tableau Server to publish or embed your
views across your organization.
Tableau Products
Tableau Desktop Tableau Server Tableau Reader Tableau Public
Create Share - Web Share - Local Share - Everyone

+ ad hoc analytics, + business intelligence solution + share visualizations & + create and publish
dashboards, reports, graphs scales to organizations of all dashboards on the desktop interactive visualizations
sizes and dashboards
+ explore, visualize, and + filter, sort, and page through
+ share visual analytics with + embed in websites and
analyze your data the views
anyone with a web browser
+ create dashboards to + “Acrobat for Data” blogs
+ publish interactive analytics or
consolidate multiple views dashboards + free download + free download and free
+ deliver interactive data + secure information and manage
hosting service
experiences metadata
+ collaborate with others
Tableau Public
• Can connect to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and text files
• It has a limit of 100,000 rows of data that is allowed in any
single connection
• You can not save your work using Tableau public
Tableau Architecture
Tableau Architecture
Dimensions / Measures
• Dimensions
• Qualitative, categorical information is a dimension
• Gender : Male & Female
• Region
• Marital Status
• Measures
• Numeric variables / Quantitative values
• Age
• Income
• Credit score
• Sales
• Profit
Data Types

• Sometimes Tableau may identify a field with a data type that is


incorrect.
• For example, a field that contains dates may be identified as an
integer rather than a date.
• You can change the data type in Tableau by right-clicking the
field in the Data window, selecting Change Data Type, and then
selecting the appropriate data type.
Chart Types
1. Map Chart
2. Tree Maps
3. Packed Bubbles
4. Bullet Chart
5. Heat Map
6. Scatter plot
7. Funnel Chart
8. Water Fall Chart
9. Pareto Chart
10. Highlight table
11. Bar
12. Line
13. Pie
14. Gantt
15. Bubble
Install Tableau Public

&

Sample Dashboards

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