Data Visualization in Tableau

Get introduced to the core ideas behind effective data visualization, including design principles, common chart types, and how visuals support storytelling with data.

Learn how to choose the right visualizations for exploring data or communicating insights, from histograms to time series to side-by-side bar charts.

Apply design principles to make your data visualizations clear, effective, and trustworthy.

Use color, shape, and size to highlight patterns, emphasize insights, and support accessible data communication.

Review the key ideas behind effective data visualizations and reflect on how principles like chart selection and clarity support strong data storytelling.

Get started with Tableau by installing the software, connecting to datasets, and preparing your workspace for analysis.

Learn how to build and save your first Tableau visualizations using dimensions, measures, and calculated fields.

Recap how Tableau organizes data and visualizations, including key components like rows, columns, and calculated fields, as you reflect on your first experience using the tool.

Get a preview of essential Tableau features—like marks, filters, and chart types—that will support deeper exploration and more advanced visualizations.

Learn how to control aggregation and granularity in Tableau to create more insightful visualizations.

Build interactive visualizations by drilling into custom and automatic hierarchies in Tableau.

Use marks and filters in Tableau to focus your visuals and highlight insights.

Build a range of effective chart types in Tableau and customize them for clarity and impact.

Create custom metrics and dynamic data groupings in Tableau using calculated fields, table calculations, groups, and sets.

Recap the essential Tableau concepts introduced in this lesson, including marks, filters, chart types, hierarchies, and grouping—reinforcing your understanding before diving deeper in future modules.

Explore how dashboards and stories can bring multiple views of your data together, setting the stage for interactivity, deeper analysis, and compelling communication in Tableau.

Build and customize dashboards in Tableau to bring together key charts, metrics, and layout elements for data storytelling.

Build engaging dashboards with filters, highlights, mobile layouts, and intentional design that guides decision-making.

Learn how to guide an audience through your insights with explanatory dashboards and Tableau Stories that communicate data clearly and persuasively.

Reflect on how interactive dashboards and stories can enhance your data communication and prepare you to apply your Tableau skills with purpose and clarity.