Make your data visually appealing

Introduction to Tableau

Carl Rosseel

Head of BI Curriculum at DataCamp

The art of formatting

From a chart with many issues... Not so clear

Introduction to Tableau

The art of formatting

... to a clearly explained visualization That makes sense

Introduction to Tableau

Formatting tips

Enhance your visualizations$^1$:
  • Write informative titles
  • Use colors and fonts to increase legibility
  • Add a legend
  • Adjust axes (titles) if necessary
  • Create tooltips
1 More information can be found in the Understanding Data Visualization and Data Visualization in Tableau courses
Introduction to Tableau

Format at the workbook and sheet level

Workbook:

  • What you open at the start of an exercise, such as 1_1_loading_workbooks.twbx
  • Organize, save, share, and publish results
  • Contains multiple sheets
  • Similar to a whole Excel file

Screenshot of an empty Tableau workbook

Sheet:

  • Similar to a tab in an Excel File
  • Displayed along the bottom of a workbook as tabs

Screenshot of adding sheets to the workbook

  • There are three different types of sheets:
    1. Worksheet (you used this so far)
    2. Dashboard (later in this chapter)
    3. Story (later in this chapter)
Introduction to Tableau

Let's practice!

Introduction to Tableau

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