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# Learning Library

Welcome to the Learning Library. Find the name of the step that includes the process you want to learn more about. Scroll down to the next table for additional learning tutorials, videos, whitepapers, and more. [Tableau help](https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/default.htm) is also an excellent source of information.

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                            <th class="BodyE-Column1-Body1">Getting Started Tutorial step</th>
                            <th class="BodyE-Column1-Body1">Topics to explore</th>
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                                <h4>Connect to a sample data source</h4>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/exampleconnections_overview.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Connector Examples</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/environment_datasource_page.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Data Source Page</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/data_interpreter.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clean Data from Excel, CSV, PDF, and Google Sheets with Data Interpreter</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datasource_plan.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Plan Out the Data Source</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/find_good_datasets.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find Good Data Sets</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/data_structure_for_analysis.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Structure Data for Analysis</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/data_tips.htm" target="_blank">Tips for Working with Your Data</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Drag and drop to take a first look</h4>
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                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/building_overview.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build Data Views from Scratch</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datafields_typesandroles.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dimensions and Measures</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datafields_understanddatawindow.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Understanding the Data Pane</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/buildmanual_shelves.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shelves and Cards</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/viewparts_marks_marktypes.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Types</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Focus your results</h4>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Filtering</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/data_explore_analyze_interact.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Explore and Analyze Data in a View</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/save_savework.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Save Your Work</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Explore your data geographically</h4>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/maps_geographicroles.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Format Geographic Fields</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/maps_options.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Set Map Layers</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/buildexamples_maps.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build a Map View</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Drill down into the details</h4>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/order_of_operations.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Order of Operations</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/analyze.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Analyze Data More Deeply with Calculations and Advanced Analytics</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Build a dashboard to show your insights</h4>
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                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dashboards_organize_floatingandtiled.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Size and Lay Out Your Dashboard</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Share your findings with others</h4>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/publish_workbooks_permissions_add.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manage Permissions</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/extracting_data.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Extract Your Data</a>
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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Here are additional learning tutorials, videos, whitepapers, and more. Use these resources to improve your understanding of Tableau Desktop.

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                            <th class="BodyE-Column1-Body1">What do you want to do?</th>
                            <th class="BodyE-Column1-Body1">Try this location</th>
                            <th class="BodyD-Column1-Body1">For this type of content</th>
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                                <h4>Learn what things are called in the Tableau Interface</h4>
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                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/environment_workspace.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopenre">The Tableau Workspace</a>
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                            <td class="BodyD-Column1-Body2">Labeled images of the Tableau User Interface (UI).</td>
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                                <h4>Find more tutorials and follow along using sample data</h4>
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                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dataview_examples.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Build-It-Yourself Exercises</a>
                                </p>
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                            <td class="BodyD-Column1-Body1">
                                <p>Short how-to type walk throughs about how to create popular chart types, and explain when you might want to use each type, including:</p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>Bar charts</li>
                                    <li>Text tables</li>
                                    <li>Line charts</li>
                                    <li>Scatter plots</li>
                                    <li>Heat maps</li>
                                    <li>Histograms</li>
                                    <li>Gantt charts</li>
                                    <li>Pie charts</li>
                                    <li>Treemaps</li>
                                    <li>Box plots</li>
                                    <li>Packed bubble charts</li>
                                    <li>Maps</li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Find examples of best practices for data visualization</h4>
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                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/visual_best_practices.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopenre">Visual Best Practices</a>
                                </p>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dashboards_best_practices.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Best Practices for Effective Dashboards</a>
                                </p>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/story_best_practices.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Best Practices for Telling Great Stories</a>
                                </p>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/accessibility_best_practice.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Best Practices for Designing Accessible Views</a>
                                </p>
                                <p><a href="https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/publish_datasources_about.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Best Practices for Published Data Sources</a>
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                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>How  to create great looking visualizations.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p> How to design effective dashboards that help discover key insights and speed up decision making.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p> How to tell a great story using Tableau story points.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>How to create visualizations that are accessible by users with visual or physical impairments.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p>How to use published data sources to make your data available for analysis.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
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                                <h4>Get more context about Tableau products before you start to work</h4>
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                                <p><a href="https://www.tableau.com/en-us/learn/whitepapers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitepapers</a>
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td class="BodyD-Column1-Body1">In-depth discussions about best practices, industry trends, and what’s next in data analysis.</td>
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                                <h4>Find online or in-person training</h4>
                            </td>
                            <td class="BodyE-Column1-Body2">
                                <p><a href="https://www.tableau.com/learn" target="_blank">Learn</a> and <a href="https://www.tableau.com/en-us/support/training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Training</a></p>
                            </td>
                            <td class="BodyD-Column1-Body2">Take free online, on-demand training courses or sign up for in-classroom training to deepen your expertise.</td>
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                                <h4>Find out about working with Tableau in the context of your system configuration or in combination with other products from other companies</h4>
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                            <td class="BodyB-Column1-Body1">
                                <p><a href="https://www.tableau.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Knowledge Base</a>
                                </p>
                            </td>
                            <td class="BodyA-Column1-Body1">Content created in response to support calls, designed to help use Tableau in specific environments or scenarios.
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