Tableau Prep Essentials: Clean, Shape, and Merge Your Data

Before you can build beautiful dashboards, you need clean, reliable data. Raw datasets are often messy, disorganized, and full of errors, making data preparation one of the most time-consuming parts of any analysis. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of data cleaning, shaping, and combining using Tableau Prep. You will transition from struggling with manual spreadsheet clean-ups to confidently building automated, repeatable data preparation workflows that save hours of manual labor. What you'll learn: - Learn the foundational principles of data preparation, profiling, and quality. - Clean messy datasets by grouping values, removing duplicates, and fixing formatting issues. - Shape your data using pivots, aggregations, and structural transformations. - Combine multiple data sources using joins and unions to create unified datasets. - Apply modern data workflows to connect to cloud data sources and automate preparation steps. - Export clean datasets directly into analysis tools for immediate visualization. You will start by understanding basic data structures and terminology, then move step-by-step through practical written scenarios that illustrate how to clean, merge, and export your data. This course is designed for beginning data analysts, business professionals, and spreadsheet users who want to streamline their data cleaning process. No prior experience with data engineering or Tableau is required. Start reading today to simplify your data preparation and unlock clearer business insights.