1-1 FIRST STEPS WITH TABLEAU Your First Step Towards Becoming A Data Analyst
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1-1 · First Steps with Tableau

Your First Tableau Dashboard Starts Here.

This is a completely free Tableau course designed for complete beginners. Go from opening Tableau for the first time to loading real data, building essential charts, creating a dashboard and publishing your work online.

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Beginner learning Tableau at a computer
Complete your first Tableau project from beginning to end.
🌱 Designed for Complete Beginners
⚙️ Install and Set Up Tableau
📊 Build Essential Business Charts
🚀 Publish Your First Dashboard
A Complete First Project

Not Just an Introduction. Your First Complete Tableau Experience.

Many beginner tutorials show you a few buttons and stop. This course guides you through the entire Tableau workflow—from installing Tableau and understanding the interface to creating charts, combining them into a dashboard and publishing your finished work online.

THE DIFFERENCE You don't just watch Tableau.
You actually finish something.
01

Install Tableau

Choose the right Tableau version and get everything working correctly.

02

Load Your Data

Connect an Excel file and understand how Tableau interprets your information.

03

Build Your Charts

Create the foundational visualisations used throughout business analytics.

04

Publish Your Dashboard

Combine your work and publish your finished dashboard to Tableau Public.

Step-by-Step Installation

Install Tableau. Without the Confusion.

Get Tableau installed and ready to use while understanding the different versions, pricing options and tools available to you.

✓Tableau Desktop versus Tableau Public
✓Free and paid Tableau options explained
✓Installation and older versions
✓Built-in troubleshooting support
✓Career opportunities and Tableau in the data industry
Step-by-step Tableau installation lesson
Your First Dataset

Bring Your Data into Tableau. Then Start Making Sense of It.

Learn two ways to load Excel data into Tableau Public before exploring the interface and the fundamental concepts behind every Tableau analysis.

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Connect to Excel

Load your first Excel file using two different connection methods.

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Navigate Tableau

Understand worksheets, shelves, cards and the main Tableau interface.

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Dimensions and Measures

Learn how Tableau separates categories from numerical values.

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Control Aggregation

Understand sums, averages and calculations behind your results.

Foundational Visualization Techniques

Build the Charts You’ll Use Thousands of Times.

Practise Tableau’s drag-and-drop workflow while learning how to format charts, add labels, change detail levels, compare multiple measures and communicate information clearly.

Foundational Tableau visualization techniques
Simple Language. Real Understanding.

Learn What Tableau Is Doing. Not Just Where to Click.

Build the understanding you need to work independently instead of simply copying steps from a video.

Core Concept 01

Dimensions vs Measures

Understand how Tableau separates categories from numerical values—and why this changes the visualisations you can create.

Core Concept 02

Aggregation

Learn why Tableau automatically calculates sums, averages, minimums and maximums—and how to change the calculation.

Core Concept 03

Granularity

See how adding or removing detail changes your results and the questions your chart can answer.

Create Your First Dashboard

Bring Your Charts Together. It’s Easier Than You Think.

Transform your separate visualisations into one complete analytical experience. Dashboard creation is so easy, it’s actually fun.

✓Combine multiple charts
✓Organise your dashboard layout
✓Create one complete analysis
✓Save a portfolio-ready project
First Tableau dashboard project
Publish Your Work

Don’t Leave Your Dashboard Hidden on Your Computer.

Create your Tableau Public profile and publish your first dashboard online. You’ll finish with a shareable piece of work you can continue improving as your skills grow.

📊 Build Your Dashboard
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🌐 Publish to Tableau Public
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🔗 Create a Shareable Link
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💼 Start Your Portfolio

Your first project doesn’t need to be perfect. It needs to exist.

LEARNING JOURNEY

    1. 01_01_Welcome and Course Structure Explained

    2. 01_02_Thinkific Interface Explained - Video Navigation, Resource Downloads and Q&A

    3. 01_03_ChatGPT Support - Jellyman Helpline (Link)

    4. How can I be of Service?

    1. 02_01_Pricing, Desktop vs Public, Installation, Olders Versions (Links)

    2. 02_02_Lets Talk Industry - Career Opportunities, Salary Expectations, AI in Analytics

    1. 03_01_Loading Excel Files into Tableau Public - 2 Methods (Download)

    2. 03_02_Excel vs Tableau Demo (Download)

    3. 03_03_Interface Explained

    4. 03_04_Dimensions vs Measures Explained, Aggregation Explained and How to Change It

    1. 04_01_Bars and Column Charts - Practicing Drag and Drop Design

    2. 04_02_Bar and Column Styling and Formatting - Quick Lesson on Data Visualization Philosophy

    3. 04_03_Line Charts - Saving your File, Multiple Measures, Using Show Me, Changing Granularity, Basic

    4. 04_04_Pie Charts - Create Using Show Me, Formatting Labels, Multiple DImensions

    5. 04_05_Heatmaps - Adding Colour, Labels, Subtotals and Grand Totals

    6. 04_06_Quick Table Calculation - Running Total, Tables vs Panes

    7. 04_07_Download the Working File (Attach)

    1. 05_01_Creating your First Dashboard (Attach)

    2. 05_02_Punlishing to Tableau Public Online - Creating your Profile, Portfolio for Recruiters (Link)

    1. CONGRATULATIONS! What's Next For You?

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  • 2 hours of video content
  • Launch Tableau Fast
  • Build Stunning Charts
  • Create First Dashboard

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Complete Tableau.

  • Tableau Desktop from Foundations to Artisan
  • Advanced Tableau techniques and custom visualisations
  • Tableau Cloud site creation, publishing, sharing and collaboration
  • Tableau Prep for cleaning, reshaping and combining data
  • Tableau Public and real portfolio builds
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  • SQL fundamentals for working with corporate databases
  • ChatGPT and AI workflows for modern analyst work
  • Agile development and project delivery fundamentals
  • Learn how analysts work alongside new technology
  • Build skills designed to prepare you for the future of analytics
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Get Job Ready.

  • Career advice from real professional experience
  • Portfolio strategy and project selection
  • Step-by-step portfolio builds
  • Job-search strategy and finding opportunities
  • Applications, resumes and cover letters
  • Interview preparation and employment guidance
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A Complete Learning Library.

  • Nearly 800 guided lessons
  • 80+ hours of training
  • Video lessons and guided walkthroughs
  • PDF downloads and reports
  • Excel and CSV files
  • Templates, briefs and practical learning materials
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Practise What You Learn.

  • Quizzes to reinforce your knowledge
  • Assignments and practical challenges
  • Video walkthroughs to guide you through solutions
  • Downloadable templates
  • Datasets and downloadable assets
  • Resources designed for hands-on practice
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