

In terms of Tableau terminology, those areas that say filters or pages are called shelves, the marks area is called a card and when the variables are showing up in those areas, they are called pills, as they are shaped like a pill.Ĥ. The centre area is where you’ll be dragging and dropping your variables on to different sections, such as rows and columns, or to vary mark characteristics such as colour or size by your variable, or filtering by a variable. Dimensions are roughly qualitative data and measures are roughly quantitative data. On the left you can see our variables listed, categorized by Dimensions and Measures. Under Saved Data Sources, select Sample - Superstore.ģ. We are going to start with a built-in dataset. Now you should have a folder within the Workshop folder, TableauDatasetFiles, containing the data files required for this tutorial. Then you should be able to right click on the zip file and select 7-Zip, then Extract Here to extract it.Ĥ. On a PC, you might first want to install a program called 7-Zip. On a Mac, just double-click on the file to extract it. Different computers have different setups. Go to the Workshop folder and extract the files.

Download the dataset files and save them to your Workshop folder.ģ. Right click on the desktop and select New and then Folder. In order to download and unzip the data required for this tutorial, please follow these instructions:ġ.

You will need a few Excel files and a CSV file to follow along with this tutorial. There are some graphs in the introductory tutorial that are not covered in this tutorial, so feel free to consult both. Note: this guide builds on, and goes further than, the existing Introductory Tableau Desktop demo.
