Over the last few weeks I’ve been training Dave in Tableau. However while getting pulled away I’ve been unable to sit down and talk through tableau without getting pulled away a few times. In my mind the best tableau training is two hours long and then you go build a few things. First you want to start with the basics and that’s often “here’s this button or here’s that button.”

a screenshot of figma where tyler is building a one page explanation of tableau desktops buttons in the top left of the tool bar.

A screenshot of tableau desktop with edits and explanation by tyler garrett

During our first training session, I opted into teaching Dave like an engineer. I enjoy training engineers through the product from left to right, top left more specifically.

Like reading a book in english. Top left then work your way right. While doing this I found myself talking a lot about how little I’m using certain aspects of the product and also what it means to use certain aspects of the product. Most of the time when developing in tableau you’re faced with what tableau can’t do and the requirements. My goal with all of this documentation and building tableau training in the public light that more people will find success with tableau and build a life of their dreams. If you’re interested in learning more about this free tableau training, feel free to contact me on twitter. The future ill leave more accessible links to get to this content here.

Some public opinion on my tableau-ing.

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