LibGuides: HSL Digital Union Software: Tableau Public

What This Software Does

Tableau Public is a data visualization service that allows anyone to publish interactive data visualizations to the web. These visualizations can be used for webpages, blogs, social media, or available for download by other users.

About Tableau Public
Learn more about this program on their website.
What Are the Differences Between Different Tableau Products?
This brief online article provides a summary of the differences between the various versions of Tableau available.

How Can I Use This Software?

Tableau Public is for use by anyone interested in understanding data and sharing those findings with other users throughout the world. Once the visualization is published through the service, it is available for anyone to view through the service. It is best suited when data is meant to be viewed by a public audience.

Tutorials

Tableau Public How-To Videos
Tableau offers free training videos for the public. These videos teach users how to explore, analyze, and share their data.
Tutorials Point
This tutorial is designed for anyone who wants to create visualizations. More intended for those using for business purposes, the tutorial provides images that correspond to instructions.

Recommended E-Books

Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public by Ashley Ohmann; Matt Floyd
Publication Date: 2015-11-27
Illustrate your data in a more interactive and interesting way using Tableau Public. Learn the basics of creating visualizations with Tableau using this concise reference book. Understand how to join and aggregate your data sources using Tableau. It is a step by step guide that uses examples to help you understand the key concepts and feature of Tableau Public.
Jumpstart Tableau by Arshad Khan
Publication Date: 2016-06-03
Learn how to create powerful data visualizations easily and quickly.You will develop reports and queries, and perform data analysis. Jumpstart Tableau covers the basic reporting and analysis functions that most BI users perform in their day-to-day work. These include connecting to a data source, working with dimensions and measures, developing reports and charts, saving workbooks, filtering, swapping, sorting, formatting, grouping, creating hierarchies, forecasting, exporting, distributing, as well developing various chart types.
Learning Tableau 10 - Second Edition by Joshua N. Milligan
Publication Date: 2016-09-30
Learn how to create effective data visualizations with Tableau and unlock a smarter approach to business analytics. Create stylish visualizations and dashboards that explain complexity with clarity. Learn effective data storytelling to transform how your business uses ideas and makes decisions. Explore all the new features in Tableau 10 and start to redefine what business analytics means to your organization.
Tableau Cookbook - Recipes for Data Visualization by Shweta Sankhe-Savale
Publication Date: 2016-12-26
Create beautiful data visualizations and interactive dashboards with Tableau. Delve into the features and functionalities of Tableau from the ground up with this step-by-step guide that has over 50 "follow-me" recipes.
Practical Tableau by Ryan Sleeper
Publication Date: 2018-04-30
Whether you have some experience with Tableau software or are just getting started, this manual goes beyond the basics to help you build compelling, interactive data visualization applications. Over five sections, the author provides visualization tips, tutorials, and strategies to help you avoid the pitfalls and take your Tableau knowledge to the next level.

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Downloads

Download Tableau Public
Tableau Public is freely available for personal machine use. Download the software through the Tableau Public website.

Costs

Free

Technical Requirements

Tableau Public is available for Windows and Mac users. 2 GB RAM and a minimum of 1.5 GB free disk space for Windows users or 5 GB minimum free disk space for Mac users is recommended.