© Arshad Khan 2016

Arshad Khan, Jumpstart Tableau, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1934-8_1

1. Log on to Tableau

Arshad Khan1 

(1)Fremont, California, USA

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Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to launch Tableau and connect to an Excel spreadsheet data source

  • Launch the Windows Start menu, as displayed in Figure 1-1

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    Figure 1-1. Launching Tableau

  • Click Start ➤ All Programs ➤ Tableau 9.1 (32-bit), which leads to the intermediate screen displayed in Figure 1-2

    Figure 1-2. Intermediate screen ...

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