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
• 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