This class will only support Tableau. You are welcome to consider a range of other tools that are available, but we will be unable to support your skill development in those tools. Tableau offers free one-year Tableau Desktop licenses to students –sign up at tableau.com/academic/students.
In addition to Tableau's own resources you may also benefit from other available online tools that we have gathered on this page.
Tabelau's Own Resources
Tableau Starter Kits: https://www.tableau.com/learn/starter-kits
Getting Started with Tableau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtJefgAelk
Tableau in Two Minutes -- Tableau Basics for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgVto5QME8
· Intro (1:17)
· Connecting to data (6:05)
· Creating a Visualization (9:00)
· Creating a Dashboard (13:00)
· Creating a Second Sheet (15:25)
· Adding a Dashboard (16:40)
· Applying a filter (18:10)
· Contextual Filters (23:02)
Tableau in Two Minutes
· How to Export Data from Tableau to Excel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rthLf6CpQ
· Asterisks when Blending and How to Avoid Them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-hZtiZlHg
· Joining & Unioning Data Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbg2WabUIKI
· Using Excel as a Tableau Data Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pN5lK3-LxA
· Dynamically Switch Dimensions with a Parameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrEui_Ipirk
Tableau in 5 Minutes Play List: How to Join & Manipulate Data in Tableau
· Combine Data Using Relationships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW4xPxJo77U&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxsVCKWA3Jf9WG-us5qlm5z&index=5
· Combine Data using Joins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5D5J7iUxE&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxsVCKWA3Jf9WG-us5qlm5z&index=4
· Combine Data using Unions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c60uIy_aHqE&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxsVCKWA3Jf9WG-us5qlm5z&index=3
· Save a Data Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hne6AngGdM
How to in Tableau in 5 Minutes: General System Functions
· Structure Your Data for a Visualization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsUjxi8djE&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=42
· Getting Started with Tableau Accelerators! (Dashboard template) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F554IoLyAag
· Navigation Buttons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG7iLlNlX_Y&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGzU5eEQcLT-TTcsXdT4i5f7&index=31
· Hiding Navigation Buttons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG7iLlNlX_Y
· Fix Common Calculated Filed Errors in Tableau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ki-pB6sXI
· Build Small Multiples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKydUH-3p-E
· Using the First and Last Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AiDxQpzlTw&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGwALU9783GhnvW2DwJYCwSx
· Right Click Drag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXrkEMTaD0&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGy5BWS7UAvxHk0jbhh-A-Yr&index=2&t=4s
· Data Folders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbyoxmGAzp8&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGy5BWS7UAvxHk0jbhh-A-Yr&index=3
· Sorting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9J2M7KC2c&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGy5BWS7UAvxHk0jbhh-A-Yr&index=4
Tableau Hierarchies & Drilling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7VJpXvBfIY
How to in Tableau in 5 Minutes: Build a [XXXXXXXXX] Chart/Graph
· Histogram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBKcHXWRC1U&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu
· Coxcomb Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQMefl1vII&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=2
· Unit Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2lLbQIlKY&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=4
· Donut Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ShLxXZUAb0&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=4
· Dumbbell Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGzOB5_VlDo&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=5
· Candlestick Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hEMwOKmYxY&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=6
· Rutherford Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfASKpPLUTo&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=8
· Schemaball Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoutdpRPUCY&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=8
· Waterfall Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0m5m4Byfd0&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=9
· Organization Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0CBnxrl9SQ&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=10
· Tree Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fea262YLIDo&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=11
· Violin Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpzqvkIY-g&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=12
· Diverging Stacked Bar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQadAJKqaE
· Waffle Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB4N_789LA&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=14
· Sankey Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCfSn8NnJk&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=15
· Parallel Coordinates Chart (for comparing rank): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IRwQJ5YRA&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=17
· Star Burst Chart aka Radial Burst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQKgyZ4PWY&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=18
· Radar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUXTQZZW2w&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=19
· Curvy Bump Chart (Change of Rank Over Time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVEpXFi2yN4&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=21
· Chord Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmjhWE5SNQw&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=22
· Marginal Histogram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRqTWinqHg&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=23
· Barcode Chart (Gantt Chart or Strip Plot for showing frequency or concentration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqN_ouMTr1o&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=24
· Small Multiples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKydUH-3p-E&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=25
· Jitter Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mte5JBlJICY
· Marimekko Chart (Stacked bar chart with width as additional variable): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjJUS06GP-I&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=27
· Joy Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTxKSLqKcY
· Butterfly Plot (Tornado Chart or Population Pyramid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhJf--pFfNY
· Bar-in-Bar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNuS46ultkA
· Jump Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL8DYcWYlc4
· Hub & Spoke Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk5ttB08n2A
· Stacked Bar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQadAJKqaE
· Pareto Chart (80% of income derived from 20% of sources): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNW3L1-wvEA&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=34
· Dot Strip Plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdnGDrVlcN8
· Connected Scatterplot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05Y5FcmxFA
· Lollipop Chart (use when ranking more important than absolute value): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t10Pvho05Lk&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=37
· Control Chart (is measure within acceptable variance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iSOHHiL4hI&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=38
· Pie Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubthsFJpRA&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=39
· Bullet Chart (Compare one measure to another): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6uSVqQRF6Q&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=40
· Calendar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aPlMgwXRqY&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=41
· Circle Timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j6mrKH_Gk0&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=43
· Rounded Edge Bar Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOJfy8vcME&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=44
· Gantt Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5qNNZEiJf0
· Hat Graph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_iSI-10Kv4
· Word Cloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-bS4fo4m78&list=PL_t5OlLHbVGxFSiWXUsEQrDPvFd1Nhxiu&index=47
· Bullet Graphs (for connecting to goals): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKljwpKsbic
Art of Visualization By Chart Type
· Tableau Lollipop Chart Tutorial (Art of Visualization): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9G5lCL4obE
· Tableau Butterfly Chart Tutorial (Art of Visualization): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M74p3N3lnbI
· Sankey Diagram Tableau (Art of Visualization): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwCzlA9hI4
· Waffle Chart Tableau (Art of Visualization): youtube.com/watch?v=cC-hZtiZlHg
· Art of Visualization: Tableau Correlation Matrix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrmmvAvOfQ
Other resources on Graph Types
Violin Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLHwwRgny5g
Box, violin and swarm plot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvUpDGjHTdU
Beeswarm in Tableau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq3B9czS0Fg
Books in Penn Library:
Tableau Strategies: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/tableau-strategies/9781492080077/?ar=
Tableau First Steps: https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/tableau-first-steps/0636920672227/?ar=
Tableau Next Steps: https://learning.oreilly.com/videos/tableau-next-steps/0636920672258/?ar=
Penn Library Videos:
Interactive Web Visualization with Tableau by Emily Esten
Data Visualization Tools
D3.js: D3.js is a JavaScript library for creating interactive and customizable data visualizations.
Google Charts: Google Charts is a free tool that allows you to create interactive charts and graphs using a variety of data sources.
Datawrapper: Datawrapper is a web-based tool that allows you to create interactive charts and maps without needing any coding skills.
Infogram: Infogram is a data visualization tool that offers a wide range of charts, maps, and infographics that can be easily customized.
Plotly: Plotly is a web-based tool that allows you to create interactive charts and graphs, as well as dashboards and reports.
Power BI: Power BI is a Microsoft tool that allows you to create powerful data visualizations and interactive dashboards using a variety of data sources.
QlikView: QlikView is a business intelligence tool that allows you to create interactive visualizations and dashboards using a variety of data sources.
Highcharts: Highcharts is a JavaScript charting library that allows you to create interactive charts and graphs for your website or application.
FusionCharts: FusionCharts is a data visualization tool that allows you to create interactive charts and graphs with a wide range of customization options.
Excel: Microsoft Excel has many visualization tools and is compatible with PowerBI.
Figma:
Matplotlib:
Qlick
Plotly
Infogram:
SPSS: This statistical software is very sophisticated and is very common in academia but can have a steep learning curve.
TensorFlow:
Microsoft Excel + Data Mining Add Ins:
Summary of tool use: https://r4stats.com/articles/popularity/
AI Chattools
Google's Dialogflow
ChatGPI
Github's Sparrow
IBM's Watson Assistant
Microsoft's Azure Bot Service
Amazon's Lex
Rasa
Snatchbot
Videos on how to learn PowerBI:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/browse/?terms=Power%20BI
https://www.isc.upenn.edu/how-to/microsoft-power-bi
Penn Library e-books:
Pro Power BI Theme Creation: JSON Stylesheets for Automated Dashboard Formatting
How to learn other systems: