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Hello and welcome to the Introductory Series videos.

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72 minutes but lets not split hairs...


New to Tableau, or maybe you are transitioning from an alternate tool. Sure there are plenty of training sites and materials, all designed to teach you to death!

The following videos are perfect for new users to help you quickly get off the ground and into chart and dashboard mastery.

All the videos are deliberately short however, all are presented at 1x speed with no sequencing shortening.

Like something or dislike something, or even just have a question to ask? Just pop your message in the comments section at the bottom of the page

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will teach you everything you need so you can get on with your work in the quickest time.

Once you have covered these basics, head on over to the Recipes page, to see how the majority of charts can be put together in under 60 seconds.

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You can watch the videos here, though I would recommend you to download for offline viewing (and sharing if you think they're good enough (wink))


1. An Introduction to Tableau (00:09:23)

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Connecting

Here I shall demonstrate:

  • How to connect to data
  • Creating
a
  • bar
chartCreating a
  • and multi-measure line
chart
  • charts
  • Applying sorting
  • Applying a filter
  • Formatting
00:09:23Calculations

2. An Explanation of Aggregate vs Non-Aggregate Calculations (00:07:45)

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Illustrates the differences between aggregate and non-aggregate calculations and their uses.

00:07:45

The bread and butter of Tableau, knowing how (and why) Tableau aggregates data will help you to better understand calculations, and the most likely use cases for each type.

3. Calculations (00:15:30)

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Demonstrates the three calculation types with use-cases:

  • Calculated field
  • Table calculation
  • Level-of-detail
calculation
  • expression (LODx)

4. Other Major Objects (00:

15:30Other Major Objects

10:52)

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A general

overview  of

overview of the vastly overlooked yet equally powerful (and arguably more important):

  • Groups
  • Sets
  • Bins
  • Aliases
00:10:52

By using these built-in functions, you can vastly improve overall performance without the need to execute (often poorly) formulated calculations

5. Series Conclusion: Your First Dashboard (00:28:53)

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Walk-through building your first dynamic dashboard (the one below) using the following skills covered in this series:

  • Calculated fields
  • Table calculations
  • Level-of-detail
calculations
  • expressions
  • Parameters

Also demonstrates:

  • Dashboard design and layout
  • Formatting
  • Tooltip design
  • Tooltip visuals
  • Advanced charting
00:28:53

Did you like these tutorials?

Are you looking for a bigger challenge?

Take a look at this dashboard, see if you can replicate it without downloading or peeking at the build videos

Series Conclusion Companion Workbook:

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Download the workbook here: Companion Workbook