This series of posts, Starting with Tableau, covers some of the fundamentals of creating visualizations in Tableau. In this series of posts you will learn how to create your first chart in Tableau. If you are wondering how to set up Tableau for free, have a look at the series of posts starting with Tableau Introduction. Tableau Public is free, but all of your work must be made available to the public. Don’t use it is your data is confidential. Tableau Public is perfect for getting started and learning how Tableau works.

There is another series here that you might read after this one. It starts with Bar Charts in Tableau. Bar charts are a great place to start with Tableau.

There are several types of charts you can create in Tableau. You can create line charts, pie charts, and maps. You can also creates tables of text that show quantities and categorical data.