Tableau study group - 1

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1. study group

2. Tableau Resources Option 1: Video https://www.tableau.com/learn/training Lynda.com

3. Tableau Resources Option 2: online help https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/help.html

4. Tentative outline 1. Intro to Tableau 1. Installing the software

   2. Data sources and reshaping CSV data 3. Tinkering 2. Fundamental concepts I 1. Data – Worksheet – Dashboards – Stories 2. Dimensions and Measures 3. File formats 4. Data manipulation: join, union, blend 5. Fields operations: split, pivot, filter, clean, calculated fields 6. Tinkering 3. Tableau in action 1. Basic visualizations 2. Calculations (Ad hoc calculations, Calculation editor, Table Calculations, ) 3. Data management: extract, live, refresh 4. Tinkering 4. … 5. Dashboards and Stories
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6. Free for students

7. No local storage Same function as the Desktop version

8. Useful links http://publichealthintelligence.org/content/resources/tableau-training Collection of how-to and guides (scroll below

   the data-viz guide, that’s outdated)

9. For questions or help, write me at: alusoli@sfu.ca THANK YOU