Beginning Tableau Workshop

The Smith Master Student Association (SMSA) and MPO have partnered to offer a 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

Register here!

Please Note:

• 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