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Connecting Data in Tableau

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Course Features

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Duration

4 hours

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Intermediate

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

4 hours

Course Description

Great data is the foundation for great analysis. How do you connect Tableau to other file types or databases? Can you view and analyze your data in Tableau? This course will show you how to link Tableau to Excel files and CSV files. Through hands-on exercises, you will be able combine multiple tables with joins, unions or relationships. Additionally, you will learn how to manage data properties, such as renaming, assigning and changing names, data types, and default properties.

Course Overview

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Virtual Labs

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Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

Introduction to Tableau

What You Will Learn

Learn to connect Tableau to different data sources and prepare the data for a smooth analysis

In this course, you'll learn how to use connectors in Tableau to create a live connection to CSV and Excel files

Through hands-on exercises, you’ll also learn how to combine multiple data tables with joins, unions, and relationships

Finally, you'll learn to manage different data properties, like renaming data fields, assigning aliases, changing data types, and changing default properties for a data field

Course Instructors

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Sara Billen

Curriculum Manager at DataCamp

Sara is a graduate of a master's degree in Business Engineering and Marketing Analysis. Prior to working at DataCamp she worked as a Data Science consultant for a Belgian IT company. Sara is passiona...
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Lis Sulmont

Head of Curriculum Expansion at DataCamp

Lis holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from McGill University with a focus on computer science education research and applied machine learning. She's passionate about teaching all things rel...

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