Build Data Views from Scratch

This section describes the various features at your disposal and tasks related to building visualisations in Tableau.

Every view that you build in Tableau should start with a question. What do you want to know? Every time you drag a field into the view or onto a shelf, you are asking a question about the data. The question will vary depending on where you drag various fields, the types of fields, and the order in which you drag fields into the view.

For every question you ask about your data, the marks in your viz update to represent the answer visually – with shapes, text, size, colour, headers, axes, hierarchies or table structures.

For information on building and viewing visualisations on the web, see Use Tableau on the Web.

Looking for a data set to work with? Check out our tips to find good data sets(Link opens in a new window).

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