Getting Started with Tableau Prep: Workspace and Data Cleaning Basics

Raw data is rarely ready for immediate analysis, and cleaning it manually can take hours of tedious work. Tableau Prep simplifies this process, allowing you to combine, shape, and clean your data visually before you build your dashboards. This text-based course guides you through the entire Tableau Prep workspace, helping you build a solid foundation in data preparation. You will transform raw, messy spreadsheets into clean, structured datasets ready for analysis, while learning the core concepts of data pipelines. What you'll learn: Understand core data preparation terminology and the foundational structure of Tableau Prep flows; Navigate the Tableau Prep workspace, including the Flow pane, Profile pane, and Data grid; Connect to diverse modern data sources and configure input steps correctly; Apply cleaning operations like filtering, renaming, and changing data types to standardize your records; Group and replace values to fix spelling inconsistencies and merge redundant entries; Combine datasets using joins and unions while validating the results within the workspace; Export your cleaned data to local files or cloud destinations for immediate analysis. You will begin by learning fundamental data preparation concepts and terminology before exploring the interface step-by-step. From there, you will progress through connecting to data, performing standard cleaning operations, and exporting your completed flows. This course is designed for beginners who are new to Tableau Prep and want to build a reliable data-cleaning workflow. No prior data engineering or programming experience is required. Start reading today to streamline your data cleaning process and prepare your datasets with confidence.