Tableau

What is Tableau?

• Tableau is a data visualization and business intelligence tool used to connect data, analyze it, and create interactive charts, dashboards, and reports.

Why use Tableau?

• To analyze large amounts of data.

• To create charts and graphs easily.

• To identify trends and patterns.

• To create interactive dashboards.

• To present data in an easy-to-understand way.

Components of Tableau

• Start Page

• Data Source

• Data Pane

• Worksheet

• Rows Shelf

• Columns Shelf

• Marks Card

• Filters Shelf

• Pages Shelf

• Show Me

• Dashboard

• Story

Start Page

• The Start Page is the first screen you see when you open Tableau.

• Connect to data
• Open an existing workbook
• Create a new workbook
• View recent files

Data Source

• The Data Source page is used to connect Tableau to your data.

• Excel
• CSV
• Text files
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• SQL Server
• Other databases

Data Pane

• The Data Pane is usually on the left side of the worksheet.

• Dimensions
• Measures
• Fields/columns from your dataset