Tableau Professional is now installed on all of the desktop computers in the Goziueta Business Library. According to their website, “Tableau is business intelligence software that allows anyone to easily connect to data, then visualize and create interactive, sharable dashboards. It’s easy enough that any Excel user can learn it, but powerful enough to satisfy even the most complex analytical problems.”
After logging into a computer, you will see the icon located on the desktop. For you convenience, you can now log into Tableau directly when using a GBL computer. If you want Tableau on your personal device, as a student you can register for a one-year license at Tableau for Students.
Tableau Learning and Help Tools
There are several different resources available to gain a deeper understanding of data visualization best practices.
- Tableau’s Desktop Online Help guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform different actions in Tableau.
- Tableau also offers free webinars and on-demand videos.
- There are additional resources offered through Tableau Public.
Learning about using visualization tools
Tableau recommends several books (not free, unfortunately) on Tableau and data visualization:
- Tableau Your Data by Dan Murray,
- Communicating Data with Tableau by Ben Jones.
This article outlines several additional books on the Data Visualization. Stephen Few’s books approach data visualization from a business perspective – which may prove valuable for you and your students.