Uyinmwen Iyamu
1 min readJul 20, 2019

Data Visualization with Tableau

Data Visualization is the act of trying to understand data by placing it in a visual context so that patterns, trends and correlations that may not otherwise be detected can be exposed. This has so many advantages bearing in mind that our eyes are easily drawn to familiar patterns, data visualization can assist in processing higher quantity of information, it can also help in providing more dimensions of information and make large data sets coherent.

Data Visualization basically tries to tell a story about the data set, how this story is told is very important in order not to loose your target audience, Data story telling could be reflected through Dashboards, Geographical maps etc.

This could be done using Tableau. Tableau is a dynamic tool that helps in reflecting data as dashboards or maps(see below):

Tableau Public is user friendly and has loads of modifications available that helps to make the story-telling captivating.