Tableau Beginners Tutorial

A Simple Introduction to Tableau.

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Tableau is one of the data visualization tool that is used for creating interactive charts , dashboards.

In this article, I have explained some basic components and charts in tableau.

1. Measure and Dimensions
2. Discrete vs Continuous
3. Measure Names vs Measure Values
4. Marks Card
5. Show Me
6. Different types of graphs

Prerequisite

1. Install Tableau public/desktop

2. Connect to data source. [In this blog, I have explained sample data set]

Dataset: In the connect Pane → Under Saved Data Sources → click “Sample -Superstore” [In tableau desktop]

Now let’s dive deep into tableau basic components.

1. Measures and Dimensions

Measures are quantitative information

Dimensions contain categorical and qualitative information

Measures:

Continuous Variables → Ex. Sales, Profit