Beautify your Data: Intro to Data Visualization using Tableau

Learn how to transform your data into insightful, beautiful dashboards with Tableau expert Tyler Pernes in this clear, hands-on course.

Whether you work for a large corporation or own your own small business, data is key to making the right decision.  Yet data can only take you so far without visualizing the data in a smart way.  Through a clear, step-by-step approach, this course will give you the foundations needed to build visualizations using the free version of the Business Intelligence tool, Tableau.  Key lessons include:

• Learn how to designing a dashboard
• Create calculated fields
• Building graphs & lay them out on an insightful dashboard

By the end of this course, you will take the concepts you learn to build a dashboard from scratch.  You can even publish your work online to let potential employers or clients see your great work!

Downloadable links found below:

• QED Worksheet (.docx)
• QED Worksheet (.pdf)
• Project Dataset (.csv)

• Introduction
• What is a BI Tool?
• Getting Setup
• Planning
• Connecting to Data
• Navigating the UI
• Building Sheets
• Graph Types
• Calculated Fields Part I
• Calculated Fields Part II
• Dashboards
• Final Thoughts