Using Tableau Prep Builder to connect to data

To run the exercises in this chapter, we will need the following downloaded files:

• Bad Measures.xlsx
• Mobile Phone Plans.xlsx
• Product Database.xlsx
• Sales Argentina.csv
• Sales Chile.csv
• Sales Colombia.csv
• Sales Targets.xlsx
• Superstore Sales Orders - Canada.xlsx
• Superstore Sales Orders - US.xlsx

We are using these files as they give us a good representation of the types of data cleaning that we typically run into in our daily jobs and they align well with Tableau Prep Builder features. When possible, they also include data related to Tableau’s sample data, Superstore.

Let’s open Tableau Prep Builder and explore the user interface. If you are using the installed client, please open the program. If you are using the web client, you can launch it by creating a new flow. You can create a new flow from the home page on Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud, as shown in Figure 3.1:

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