New mini Tableau tutorials for beginners
As part of our brand new series of mini Tableau tutorials for beginners check out our first few tutorials on how to connect to data in Tableau including a couple of hints and tips you may not know!
Connecting to data in Tableau
The first thing you need to do when you open Tableau for the first time (or start a new project) is to connect to the data you want to use.
This can sometimes be a little confusing, especially if you’re new to Tableau and used to using Excel or other spreadsheet software where you simply type or paste your data straight into a sheet.
Tableau makes it really easy to connect to data from almost any data source, in these first beginners tutorials we show you how to:
Keep an eye out for our individual tutorials for connecting to specific data sources step by step, or check out our more in depth tutorial on connecting to, preparing and sharing a curated data source in Tableau:
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Alan @ Tableau Academy.