The Smith Master Student Association (SMSA) and MPO have partnered to offer a Beginning Tableau Workshop with instructor Brittany Fong. This workshop is only open to current Smith School students, and seats are limited. There is an option to attend online or attend in-person with lunch included.
This workshop is designed for people and teams who are beginners or new to Tableau.
Expected learning outcomes:
- Understand the Tableau interface
- Understand the difference between dimensions and measures
- Understand how to use rows, columns, and marks card
- Connect to data sources
- Create basic graphs: bar charts, line graphs, tables
- Create interactive graphs and dashboards in Tableau
Foundations of Tableau
- Connecting to data
- Tableau interface
- File formats
- Basic visualizations: text table, bar chart, line graph, map
Beginner Visualizations
- Muli-line graphs/year over year, stacked bars, tree map, pie chart
Formatting and presenting visuals
- Totals
- Fonts
- Alignment
- Shading
- Sorting
- Filters
- Labels
- Colors
- Reference lines
- Tooltips
Creating dashboards
- Visualizations
- Titles, text boxes, images
- Filters
Registration for this workshop will close at 3pm on February 25th.
This workshop is subject to cancellation due to low registration.
Prior to the workshop, participants should install the required software and test its operation
