By: Eric Parker
Eric Parker lives in Seattle and has been teaching Tableau and Alteryx since 2014. He's helped thousands of students solve their most pressing problems. If you have a question, feel free to reach out to him directly via email. You can follow him on LinkedIn or sign up for a Tableau Office Hour to work with him directly!
If you are coming to Tableau from the world of Excel, make sure your skills translate!
Excel and Tableau have a long history of being complementary tools. While there are functions that can be performed in both tools, they both have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Review the history of these applications, learn about their complementary nature and learn how to replicate core Excel functionality in Tableau!
Here are some core skills we cover how to perform in Tableau.
Row Counts
PivotTables
Filtering
Sorting
VLOOKUPs
IF THEN Statements
SUMIF
COUNTIF
IFERROR
Text to Columns
CONCATENATE
If you want to learn about how to perform those features in Tableau, join us for this journey!
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