Jumpstart Tableau: A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Data Visualization

© Arshad Khan 2016

Arshad Khan, Jumpstart Tableau, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1934-8_4

4. Developing a Simple Visualization

Arshad Khan¹ 

(1)Fremont, California, USA

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how a simple visualization can be developed

• Launch Tableau

• Connect to the Sample - Superstore Excel file using the procedure demonstrated in Chapter 1, which leads to the display shown in Figure 4-1

  

  Figure 4-1. Sample Superstore

• Click the Sheet 1 tab, as shown in Figure 4-1, which leads to Figure 4-2, where reports and visualizations can be developed

  

  Figure 4-2. ...