Tableau YouTube Resources

This page is organized by both the creators of the videos and the topics being covered.  Many of the videos are part of the How to Tableau in 5 Minutes series by The Information Lab/The Data School or from Penguin Analytic's Tableau in Two Minutes series. Videos and playlists by the Art of Visualization are also very useful, but may require a longer time investment.

Tableau in Two Minutes -- Tableau Basics for Beginners: 

·   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: Some basic functions for getting started

·       How to Export Data from Tableau to Excel 

·       Asterisks when Blending and How to Avoid Them

·   Joining & Unioning Data Sources

·   Using Excel as a Tableau Data Source

·   Dynamically Switch Dimensions with a Parameter

How to Tableau in 5 Minutes Play List: How to Join & Manipulate Data in Tableau

·   Combine Data Using Relationships 

·   Combine Data using Joins

·   Combine Data using Unions

·   Save a Data Source

How to Tableau in 5 Minutes Play List: Add Formatting in Tableau

·   Format Borders & Lines

·   Format Performance Indicators: 

·   Format Dynamic Titles: 

·   How to Add Context to your Dashboard (using hidden floating containers): 

·   Shade Between Two Lines: 

·   Format for Emphasis: 

·   Add Separate Color Legend: 

·   Create a Custom Color Palette: 

·   Adding Divider Lines to a Dashboard: 

·   Visualize Monthly Change with Dotted Indicators: 

·   Create Compact Bar Charts by Moving Headers Above Bars: 

·   Create Reference Boxes (highlighted area where reference bands intersect): 

·   Drill Down Using Set Actions (Navigation Tool for Adding Detail): 

·   Making Zoomable Charts: 

·   Animate Your Graph with Pages: 

·   URL Action: 

·   Format % and non% labels on the same chart: 

·   Custom Number Format: 

·   Custom Date Format: 

·   Consistent Formatting: 

·   Dashboard User Experience Tips: 

·   Custom Shapes: 

·   Quadrant Highlight: 

·   Formatting Your Axis: 

·   Use Containers in Dashboard Headers: 

·   Hierarchy within a Parameter Dropdown: 

·   Hiding Filters with Parameters:  

·   Dynamic Hierarchy Filters: 

How to in Tableau in 5 Minutes: General System Functions

·   Structure Your Data for a Visualization: 

·   Getting Started with Tableau Accelerators! (Dashboard template) 

·   Navigation Buttons: 

·   Hiding Navigation Buttons: 

·   Fix Common Calculated Filed Errors in Tableau: 

·   Build Small Multiples 

·   Using the First and Last Functions: 

·       Right Click Drag: 

·   Data Folders: 

·   Sorting

How to in Tableau in 5 Minutes: Build a [XXXXXXXXX] Chart/Graph  <--------------------------------------You'll choose one to watch most weeks; if you don't need to learn Tableau, please watch enough to hear the discussion about why you would use this chart or graph

• Bar-in-Bar Chart: 

• Barcode Chart (Gantt Chart or Strip Plot for showing frequency or concentration): 

• Bullet Chart (Compare one measure to another): 

• Bullet Graphs (for connecting to goals):  

• Butterfly Plot (Tornado Chart or Population Pyramid): 

• Calendar Chart: 

• Candlestick Chart: 

• Chord Chart: 

• Circle Timeline: 

• Connected Scatterplot: 

• Control Chart (is measure within acceptable variance): 

• Coxcomb Chart: 

• Curvy Bump Chart (Change of Rank Over Time): 

• Diverging Stacked Bar Chart: 

• Donut Chart: 

• Dot Strip Plot: 

• Dumbbell Chart: 

• Gantt Chart: 

• Hat Graph: 

• Histogram: 

• Hub & Spoke Chart: 

• Jitter Plot: 

• Joy Plot: 

• Jump Plot: 

• Lollipop Chart (use when ranking more important than absolute value): 

• Marginal Histogram: 

• Marimekko Chart (Stacked bar chart with width as additional variable): 

• Organization Chart: 

• Parallel Coordinates Chart (for comparing rank): 

• Pareto Chart (80% of income derived from 20% of sources): 

• Pie Chart: 

• Radar Chart: 

• Rounded Edge Bar Chart: 

• Rutherford Chart: 

• Sankey Chart: 

• Schemaball Chart: 

• Small Multiples: 

• Stacked Bar Chart: 

• Star Burst Chart aka Radial Burst: 

• Tree Plot: 

• Unit Chart: 

• Violin Plot: 

• Waffle Chart: 

• Waterfall Chart: 

• Word Cloud: 

Art of Visualization By Chart Type

·   Butterfly Chart (Art of Visualization):  

·   Correlation Matrix (Art of Visualization): 

·   Destination Maps (Art of Visualization): 

·   Funnel Chart (Art of Visualization): 

·   Hexbin Chart Part I (Art of Visualization): 

·   Hexbin Chart Part II (Art of Visualization): 

·   Horizon Chart (Art of Visualization): 

·   Likert Scale (Art of Visualization)

·   Lollipop Chart (Art of Visualization): 

·   Panel Charts (Art of Visualization): 

·   Radial Bar Chart (Art of Visualization):

·   Sankey Diagram (Art of Visualization):  

·   Tableau Correlation Matrix (Art of Visualization):  

·   Venn Diagrams (Art of Visualization): 

·   Waffle Chart (Art of Visualization):  

 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 

Tableau Hierarchies & Drilling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7VJpXvBfIY

Art of Visualization's Playlist on Advanced Training (e.g., Parameters): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE50-dh6JzC4QG-u16zHvPWOJy9EhSEqk 

Art of Visualization's Playlist of Individual Graph Types: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE50-dh6JzC450Hn6EjPM238yZUPs-RQ1 

How to Read a Wright Map (Item Response Theory): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7rHXp_thfY

Penn Library's Making Animations in Tableau: https://old.library.upenn.edu/blogs/rdds/tools/interactive-web-visualizations-tableau