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Visual Analytics Fundamentals: Creating Compelling Data Narratives with Tableau Lab
Intermediate Self-paced · 1 year access
20 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / Lessons & labs
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Lessons
11 Interactive Lessons · 61 topics01 Welcome to Visual Analytics 5 topics +
- A Visual Revolution
- The Evolution from Data Visualization to Visual Data Storytelling
- A Brief Look at the State of the Industry
- From Visual to Story: Bridging the Gap
- Summary
02 The Power of Visual Analytics 3 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- The Science of Storytelling
- The Power of Stories
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Getting Started with Tableau 11 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Using Tableau
- Why Tableau?
- The Tableau Product Portfolio
- Getting Started
- Installing Tableau Desktop
- Connecting to Data
- Adding and Replacing Data Sources
- Basic Data Prep with Data Interpreter
- Navigating the Tableau Interface
- Understanding Dimensions and Measures
- Summary
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Keeping Visual Analytics in Context 5 topics +
- Context in Action
- Exploratory Versus Explanatory Analysis
- Structuring Visual Analytic Stories
- Audience Analysis for Storytelling
- Summary
05 Fundamental Data Visualizations 8 topics · 8 LiveLab +
- The Bar Chart
- The Line Chart
- Pie and Doughnut Charts
- The Scatter Plot
- The Packed Bubble Chart
- The Tree Map
- The Heat Map
- Summary
8 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 Fundamental Maps 2 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Types of Maps
- Summary
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Design Tips for Curating Visual Analytics 10 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Visual Design Building Blocks
- Color
- Color Effects
- Pre-attentive Colors
- Important Color Considerations
- The Truth About Red and Green
- Lines
- Formatting, Shading, and Banding
- Shapes
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Structuring Analytics for Storytelling: Prep, Dashboards, and Stories 3 topics +
- Basic Data Prep in Tableau: Data Interpreter
- Storyboarding Your Visual Analytics
- Summary
09 Beyond Fundamentals: Advanced Visualizations 6 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- Timelines
- Bar-in-Bar Charts
- Likert-Scale Visualizations
- Lollipop Charts
- Word Clouds
- Summary
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Closing Thoughts 3 topics +
- Five Steps to Visual Data Storytelling
- The Important Role of Feedback
- Ongoing Learning
11 Appendix A. Tableau Services 5 topics +
- eLearning
- Instructor-Led Training
- Tableau Help
- Tableau Community
- Tableau Knowledge Base
Hands-On Labs Our edge
20 LiveLabs- Creating a Story
- Creating a Connection in a New Workbook
- Using the Show Me Card
- Creating a Bar Chart
- Creating a Line Chart
- Creating a Doughnut Chart
- Creating a Pie Chart
- Creating a Scatter Plot
- Creating a Bubble Chart
- Creating a Tree Map
- Creating a Heat Map
- Creating a Choropleth Map
- Creating a Hierarchy
- Using the PROPER() Function
- Creating a Calculated Field
- Using the Shape Marks Card
- Creating a Bar-in-Bar Chart
- Creating a Divergent Stacked Bar Chart
- Creating a Stacked Bar Chart
- Creating a Lollipop Chart
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