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Learning Library

Welcome to the Learning Library. Find the name of the step that includes the process you want to learn more about. Scroll down to the next table for additional learning tutorials, videos, whitepapers, and more. Tableau help(Link opens in a new window) is also an excellent source of information.

Getting Started Tutorial step	Topics to explore
Connect to a sample data source	Connector Examples(Link opens in a new window) Data Source Page(Link opens in a new window) Clean Data from Excel, CSV, PDF, and Google Sheets with Data Interpreter(Link opens in a new window) Plan Out the Data Source(Link opens in a new window) Find Good Data Sets(Link opens in a new window) Structure Data for Analysis(Link opens in a new window) Tips for Working with Your Data(Link opens in a new window)
Drag and drop to take a first look	Build Data Views from Scratch(Link opens in a new window) Dimensions and Measures(Link opens in a new window) Understanding the Data Pane(Link opens in a new window) Shelves and Cards(Link opens in a new window) Mark Types(Link opens in a new window)
Focus your results	Filtering(Link opens in a new window) Explore and Analyze Data in a View(Link opens in a new window) Save Your Work(Link opens in a new window)
Explore your data geographically	Format Geographic Fields(Link opens in a new window) Set Map Layers(Link opens in a new window) Build a Map View(Link opens in a new window)
Drill down into the details	Order of Operations(Link opens in a new window) Analyze Data More Deeply with Calculations and Advanced Analytics(Link opens in a new window)
Build a dashboard to show your insights	Size and Lay Out Your Dashboard(Link opens in a new window)
Share your findings with others	Manage Permissions(Link opens in a new window) Extract Your Data(Link opens in a new window)

Here are additional learning tutorials, videos, whitepapers, and more. Use these resources to improve your understanding of Tableau Desktop.

What do you want to do?	Try this location	For this type of content
Learn what things are called in the Tableau Interface	The Tableau Workspace(Link opens in a new window)	Labeled images of the Tableau User Interface (UI).
Find more tutorials and follow along using sample data	Build-It-Yourself Exercises(Link opens in a new window)	Short how-to type walk throughs about how to create popular chart types, and explain when you might want to use each type, including: Bar charts Text tables Line charts Scatter plots Heat maps Histograms Gantt charts Pie charts Treemaps Box plots Packed bubble charts Maps
Find examples of best practices for data visualization	Visual Best Practices(Link opens in a new window) Best Practices for Effective Dashboards(Link opens in a new window) Best Practices for Telling Great Stories(Link opens in a new window) Best Practices for Designing Accessible Views(Link opens in a new window) Best Practices for Published Data Sources(Link opens in a new window)	How to create great looking visualizations. How to design effective dashboards that help discover key insights and speed up decision making. How to tell a great story using Tableau story points. How to create visualizations that are accessible by users with visual or physical impairments. How to use published data sources to make your data available for analysis.
Get more context about Tableau products before you start to work	Whitepapers(Link opens in a new window)	In-depth discussions about best practices, industry trends, and what’s next in data analysis.
Find online or in-person training	Learn(Link opens in a new window) and Training(Link opens in a new window)	Take free online, on-demand training courses or sign up for in-classroom training to deepen your expertise.
Find out about working with Tableau in the context of your system configuration or in combination with other products from other companies	Knowledge Base(Link opens in a new window)	Content created in response to support calls, designed to help use Tableau in specific environments or scenarios.

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Tutorial: Get Started with Tableau Desktop

Learning Library

Connect to a sample data source

Drag and drop to take a first look

Focus your results

Explore your data geographically

Drill down into the details

Build a dashboard to show your insights

Share your findings with others

Learn what things are called in the Tableau Interface

Find more tutorials and follow along using sample data

Find examples of best practices for data visualization

Get more context about Tableau products before you start to work

Find online or in-person training

Find out about working with Tableau in the context of your system configuration or in combination with other products from other companies