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Understanding and Creating Fundamental Charts in Tableau

In this chapter, we’ll begin to have real fun by creating charts from data. You will learn how to create 11 common charts in Tableau, about their applications, and how to recreate them with your data. This chapter will cover the knowledge required for 35% of the exam’s scoring.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Creating fundamental charts without using Ask Me
  • Understanding use cases based on a chart insight exploration

Technical requirements

You will need the following for hands-on learning in this chapter:

  • The Tableau Desktop application. Most versions will work for the exam, but for the best results, use 2021.1 or later. The location of current downloads can be ...

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