Data Is the New Gold: Learn Tableau Skills for Free

We’ve all heard it’s important for businesses to be data-driven. To be successful, businesses need employees who can explore, understand, and communicate with data. And with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), accessing and analyzing company data accurately has never been more important. Many companies around the world have met this challenge by visualizing their data and uncovering valuable insights with Tableau, the world’s leading AI-powered analytics and business intelligence platform. 

Investing in data skills and gaining hands-on experience is a wise career move. Whether you’re baffled by data analytics or a veritable pro at Tableau Vizzes (that’s Tableau-speak for “data visualizations”), one thing is for sure: Data is for everyone, and we’re here to help you learn Tableau skills on Trailhead, Salesforce’s free online learning platform.

What is Tableau?

Tableau helps people see, understand, and act on data. Tableau is the AI-driven analytics platform that helps you prep and manage your data, uncover and solve problems, and make better and faster business decisions. It’s for problem solvers, the curious, and those who see data as a catalyst for change.

Tens of thousands of organizations in nearly every country use Tableau to solve data problems‌ — ‌including Fortune 500 enterprises, small and midsize businesses, government agencies, universities, research institutions, and nonprofits. And Tableau skills aren’t just for data scientists and business analysts. The ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data is an important skill for people in all types of organizations, departments, and job roles.

Learn Tableau skills and get hands-on with Trailhead

Now, you can grow your analytics expertise by completing Tableau hands-on challenges in Trailhead. For the first time, you can learn using Tableau Public — a free platform to explore, create, and publicly share data visualizations online — embedded right into Trailhead. Trailhead walks you through scenarios inspired by common use cases and gives you step-by-step guidance. It then checks your work and provides targeted feedback about any missteps so you can correct them and get practice executing your new skills with perfect accuracy. 

As you learn Tableau skills on Trailhead, you’ll build your expertise and your data analytics portfolio. You’ll not only earn Trailhead badges to prove your skills but also be able to publish each Tableau Viz that you make to your portfolio on your Tableau Public account, which you can share with prospective employers.

Get hands-on today with these five brand new Tableau badges.

• The Tableau Data Model: Load your dataset and create relationships between tables.
• Metadata Management in Tableau: Prepare a Tableau dataset with well-managed metadata.
• Detailed Data Analysis: Ask questions and configure visuals to communicate insights.
• Data Presentation in Tableau: Build dashboards in Tableau that guide stakeholders through critical analysis.
• Data Storytelling with Tableau Public: Visualize data on any topic, share your data story worldwide, and get inspired.

Top data and Tableau skills to visualize your data

Being comfortable with data requires a few different skill sets, and you can learn them all on Trailhead. Put theory into practice with the new Tableau hands-on challenges. 

Data analysis: Compile and analyze data to discover useful information and support decision-making.

• Data Analytics Fundamentals: Learn the data analytics types and how they’re applied to common use cases.
• 🆕 Detailed Data Analysis: Ask questions and configure visuals to communicate insights.
• Aggregation and Granularity: Learn to explore large trends in data and see the details behind those trends.
• Correlation and Regression: Learn the concepts of correlation and regression to better analyze data.

Data visualization: Represent data in easily understood graphics or visualizations.

• 🆕 Data Presentation in Tableau: Build dashboards in Tableau that guide stakeholders through critical analysis.
• 🆕 Data Storytelling with Tableau Public: Visualize data on any topic, share your data story worldwide, and get inspired.

Data management: Manage an organization’s data through data governance, architecture, integration, and quality.

• Data Management: Learn how to import and export data in Salesforce.
• Well-Structured Data: Learn how to recognize good data and restructure data when needed.
• 🆕 The Tableau Data Model: Load your dataset and create relationships between tables.
• 🆕 Metadata Management in Tableau: Prepare a Tableau dataset with well-managed metadata.

Data governance and ethics: Manage an organization’s data ethically and ensure compliance with laws and policies.

• Ethical Data Use Best Practices: Quick Look: Use ethical best practices to build trust and create personalized customer experiences.
• Data Privacy: Learn about the latest data privacy laws and obligations that apply to your organization.
• Ethical Data Use in Personalization: Apply ethical use best practices to deliver responsible personalization solutions.

Get hands-on with this Tableau Quest

Invest in yourself by learning more, starting with the new Tableau hands-on challenges on Trailhead. You can even get a prize for it. Embrace the power of hands-on learning with the Get Hands-on with Tableau Quest. Complete the quest by March 31, 2024, to earn a voucher for a Salesforce Certification exam to demonstrate your expertise. Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your skills, boost your career, and help your team visualize their data. Start your Tableau learning journey on Trailhead today and take advantage of the full potential of data analytics.