Data

Intro to Data Visualization with Tableau

June 19, 2025, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Presenter: Siobhan Schenk, Jeremy Buhler
Location: Online

Information for Participants

This workshop will introduce the basics of visualizing data in Tableau. It includes hands-on practice, so in order to participate fully, please do the following before the workshop:

  1. Install Tableau Desktop Public Edition (free) or Tableau Desktop (free for verified students) on your computer. Both versions work equally well for this workshop. (Note: Requests for the free Tableau Desktop student license are verified first, the download is not immediate. If installing shortly before the workshop, please choose Tableau Desktop Public Edition instead.)
  2. Download the Labour Force Survey, 2020 sample dataset (CSV file on Google Drive, 72MB).
  3. Optional: if you are using Tableau Desktop Public Edition and would like to save your work, sign up for a free Tableau Public account.

The main workshop content will be one hour long, followed by a period for practice and review to reinforce what you learned or consult with the instructors. Workshop materials are available at https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/tableau-intro/ 

 

About this workshop series

Intro to Data Visualization with Tableau is one in a series of Data Visualization workshops offered by the UBC Library Research Commons. Each one-hour session introduces principles and/or tools used for data visualization. The series' goal is to introduce participants to the data visualization potential of R and Tableau, and to encourage further self-paced exploration. Other workshops in the series offered this term are:

 

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This event is online. Registrants receive the link 24 hours before the event. Registration closes at the same time.
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UBC Library–Vancouver

https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3900380

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