BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:351ea4888533a52677551db7ff2da5af DTSTAMP:20240518T124454Z SUMMARY:Graduate Series: Introduction to Tableau (Virtual Session via Zoom) DESCRIPTION: \n\nTHIS SESSION WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM AND THE MATER IALS AND\nZOOM LINK WILL BE PROVIDED A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE EVENT TO REGI STERED\nPARTICIPANTS.\n\nTableau is business intelligence/data visualizati on software. It’s\nincreasingly used in a variety of industries includin g those related\nto public policy and public administration\, like nonprof its and the\ngovernment\, as well as by corporations.\n\nThe major advanta ge of Tableau over a program like Excel\, which can\nalso make graphs\, is that Tableau lets you build graphics that are\nconnected to each other an d that users can interact with. The major\nadvantage of Tableau over progr amming languages is that\, even without\na programming background\, you ca n quickly get up to speed and be\nproducing useful presentations in Tablea u.\n\nTopics will include (but not limited to):\n\n * Connecting to Data\n * Visual Analytics\n * Calculations\n * Mapping\n * Dashboards and Storie s\n\nThis two hour session is intended for those who are new Tableau. No\n background in data analysis or programming is necessary. We work will\nrea l world data that will be provided before the start of the session.\n\n_Pr ior to the session\, students should have an installed and running\napplic ation of Tableau Desktop on a PC or Mac on their personal\nlaptops_\n\nReq uirements: Tableau (2019.1 or higher)\n\nStudents can get Tableau for free and find more details at the link\nbelow:\n\nhttps://www.tableau.com/acad emic/students\n\n-------------------------\n\nStudents are encouraged to r egister early\, as these sessions fill up\nquickly. If sessions are full\, students can request to be added on to\nthe wait-list. Note: The location details will be provided as we get\ncloser to the date of the event.\n\nT o be added to the wait-list or for any questions regarding the\nsessions\, please email JT Thazhathel at (JT365@drexel.edu)\n\nTHIS SESSION WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM AND THE MATERIALS AND\nZOOM LINK WILL BE PROVIDED A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE EVENT TO REGISTERED\nPARTICIPANTS.\n\nUpdate (05/0 5): Registration is closed\, if you would like join the\nsession\, please email jt365@drexel.edu for the Zoom link and material\ndetails.\n DTSTART:20200506T200000Z DTEND:20200506T215000Z LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, Virtual Session via Zoo m\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR