Tableau Desktop : Hands-on Dashboards + SQL for Beginners

Explore how to combine tables using left, right, full and cross joins in SQL, handle unmatched records with nulls, and understand the impact on result sizes in Tableau dashboards.

Troubleshoot data issues caused by joins, including undercounting, overcounting, and not counting, by examining left, right, and inner joins and their effects on records.

Learn how Tableau generates SQL by defining relationships, choosing left or right joins, and using live connections to optimize queries across more than 50 data engines.

learn to write simple select statements, apply where filtering to reduce data, aggregate with sum and count, group by categories, and sort results to analyze large datasets efficiently.

Explore how to create and manage Tableau data sources, including semantic layers, on-the-fly SQL, relationships, extracts, and security, to optimize dashboards and performance.

Learn the four step dashboard design process—validate, analyze, design, and optimize—to create complete, accurate dashboards with charts, grid layouts, and interactivity.

Learn to design effective dashboards by using focal points and a three-by-three or larger grid, placing key KPIs front and center, with flexible filters and branding in Tableau.

Learn to craft dashboards with clean data ink, focus points, consistent layout and interactions, thoughtful typography, and a restrained color palette for responsive, human-centered visuals.

Explore 100 unique Tableau charts from the community, inspect dashboards in Tableau Public, and learn data prep tips while appreciating the art of possible chart designs.

Explore the dashboard design process from data validation and metric selection to analysis and optimization, illustrated with a lab featuring 100 unique Tableau dashboards.

Learn how Tableau blends data from multiple sources after dimension processing, using linking to map countries with a separate Excel file and define primary and secondary data sources.

Explore Tableau drilldown techniques by building and navigating hierarchies—from country to state to city—and viewing underlying data to drive interactive visualizations.

Apply custom shapes and images to dashboards in Tableau Desktop, using a custom shape palette, png transparency, and dual-axis charts to personalize data visuals.

Configure your Tableau Desktop to connect to TabPy by setting up the analytics extension connection, testing it, and addressing permissions and credential file paths.

Explore tweet sentiment analysis by sending text to a tap by server or using local Python analytics, then visualize sentiment with a dot plot in Tableau.

Build a professional dashboard by integrating data sources, applying relationships, and using context filters. Use Mapbox visuals, box and whisker plots, and branding elements to enhance the business intelligence output.

Learn to integrate the Mapbox API into a Tableau dashboard, create and format a country-level spending visualization, customize map styles, and assemble charts to tell a cohesive story.

Publish your dashboard to Tableau public to share with the world, save to Tableau public, and explore Tableau online or on-premise server options for private hosting and security.

Explore additional Tableau resources to deepen data visualization skills, dashboard design, and data source optimization. Engage with the Tableau community on Twitter to learn and share insights.