Key Tableau Concepts
Basic Tableau concepts
Dashboard - a collection of views shown in a single location where you can compare and monitor a variety of data simultaneously.
Data Source - The underlying data that a Tableau product is connected to.
Repository - A folder located in your My Documents folder that stores workbooks.
Workbook - A collection of one or more worksheets and dashboards.
Worksheet - A single view of data. Each worksheet can be connected to a single data source.
Dimension - A data field that contains qualitative data such as names, dates, or geographical data. It is typically a field that cannot be aggregated.
Measure - A data field that contains numeric, quantitative values that you can measure.
Site - A collection of users, groups, and content (workbooks, data sources) that is separated from any other groups and content on the same instance of Tableau Server. It is a place for teams to publish data sources and workbooks to share with each other. NOT to be mixed up with website.
Visualization - also called viz, a graphical representation of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, data visualization tools provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.
Tableau Data Source page
In this picture, you can see elementary parts of 🔗Tableau Desktop environment.
Canvas - an area at the top of the Data Source page where you can drag tables and select queries or cubes to set up your Tableau data source.
Left pane - an area that displays the connected data source and other details about your data.
Data Grid - Displays the first 1,000 rows of the data contained in the Tableau data source.
Table Details (also called Metadata Grid) - Displays the fields in your data source as rows.
Tableau Worksheet view
In this picture, you can see elementary parts of the 🔗Tableau workspace.
🔗Side bar - contains Analytics and Data pane
🔗Marks card - a key element for visual analysis in Tableau where you can drag fields to control mark properties such as type, color, size, shape, label, tooltip, and detail.
🔗Rows and Columns shelves - section that helps with creating structure for visualizations. The Columns shelf creates the columns of a table, while the Rows shelf creates the rows of a table. You can place any number of fields on these shelves.
🔗View - a sheet of a workbook in a site. This is the canvas in the workspace where you create a visualization (also referred to as a "viz").
🔗Status Bar - displays information about the current view.
🔗Toolbar - an area for users to access commands, analysis and navigation tools.
Tableau vizzes
You can find interesting Tableau visualizations on Tableau Public website:
🔗https://public.tableau.com/app/discover/viz-of-the-day
Personally, I cannot get enough of this one! 🔗https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/flavio.matos/viz/ThePeriodicTableofWine/periodictableauofwineEN