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Tableau Fundamentals
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Tableau Fundamentals

Tableau Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Tableau
Welcome to Tableau!Tableau InstallationFirst StepsField Operations and Joins Challenge: Joining Tables and Splitting ColumnsExploring the Data PaneChallenge: Identifying Top Performers by ProfitPages, Filters, and Marks OverviewChallenge: Finding the Sub-Category with the Lowest Sales
2. Tools in Tableau
Dimensions and MeasuresChallenge: Comparing Sales and Profit by StateContinuous and Discrete FieldsChallenge: Identifying the Month with Lowest SalesDimension Filters Measure FiltersChallenge: Finding the Most Profitable Customer in ArtCalculated FieldsChallenge: Comparing California and New York to Other StatesInteractive Dashboards with ParametersChallenge: Finding the Sub-Category with the Most SalesWorking with Sets Challenge: Analyzing Bookcase Profit ConcentrationSets Applications
3. Basic Visualizations
Visualizing Data with HeatmapsChallenge: Identifying Top-Selling Sub-Category by RegionScatter PlotsChallenge: Determining the Highest Sales and Profit by StateTreemapsChallenge: Analyzing the Least Profitable Sub-CategoryCombination ChartsChallenge: Comparing Sales and Profit Trends for PhonesSparklines
4. More Advanced Visualizations
Bullet GraphsChallenge: Analyzing Profit Changes Between 2016 and 2017Stacked Area ChartsChallenge: Identifying the Region with the Highest Profit HistogramsBox Plots

bookPages, Filters, and Marks Overview

As we continue exploring Tableau, it’s time to delve into three essential components of the interface: Pages, Filters, and Marks. These features are vital for refining your visualizations and tailoring the way your data is displayed and analyzed.

Now that you’ve seen these features in action, let’s break them down further.

Pages

The Pages shelf allows you to dynamically change or animate your visualizations based on a selected field. This is especially useful for observing data trends over time or comparing categories in sequence.

Filters

Filters let you narrow down the data displayed in your visualizations according to specific conditions. By focusing on relevant subsets, filters help you clean up visual clutter and highlight the most important information.

Marks

Marks are the individual elements in a visualization that represent your data. Using the Marks card, you can customize these elements by adjusting their size, color, shape, and labels to create more impactful and understandable visualizations.

Using these interface features, you can enhance your visualizations by controlling how data is displayed, focusing on key insights, and dynamically exploring different dimensions of your data.

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