Tableau Self-Guided Training Resources

The full list of Free Tableau Training Videos

Essential, curated, information that you’ll need to get started with Tableau and HelioCampus

• Getting a Tableau license (to publish on the free Tableau public server)
• Getting a Desktop/Creator license (to publish at UMBC) submit a Request Tracker (RT) ticket for “REX Analytics”
  • Important: Do not use the most recent version as it does not work with our server.
    When registering the software use the license provided as the product key.
    When asked for the Tableau Server, use – https://rexanalytics.umbc.edu
• Learning how to use UMBC’s Virtual Private Network (Global VPN)
• Getting access to HelioCampus
• What type of user am I? The different types of Tableau (Role-Based) Licenses
  • Basic: Viewer
  • Intermediate: Explorer
  • Advanced: Creator
• Tableau Training Video Recommendations (Short Curriculum)
  • For Viewers (9 minutes)
    • Getting Started with Tableau (Requires creation of a free account)
    • Interacting with Tableau Content
  • For Explorers, Viewer training videos plus…(19 minutes)
    • Web Authoring
    • Constructing Data-Driven Alerts
    • Asking Questions of the Data
    • What Story is the Data Telling?
  • For Creators, Explorer training videos plus…(357 minutes)
    • The Tableau Interface
    • Distributing and Publishing
    • Connecting to Data
    • Visual Analytics
    • Dashboards and Stories
• Generating reports with Tableau that have the look and feel of “classic” REX reports