CHAPTER 3
GETTING STARTED WITH TABLEAU
The goal of this chapter is to help you get your footing with the Tableau product ecosystem and use the basic Tableau interface so that you are familiar enough with the tool to begin working hands-on with data. This chapter covers how to get started with Tableau, reviews the tool’s basic functionality, discusses how to connect to data, and provides an overview of data types in Tableau. From here, you will be able to move on to the visual analysis process, curating visuals, and building stories. The version of Tableau available at the time of this writing is Tableau 10, and this chapter illustrates using the Mac version of the software (little to no difference exists between Mac and Windows versions, although ...
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