Tableau Connectivity with Excel

Connect Excel to Tableau server Step by Step

Let’s get started by connecting tableau to a data source:   Step: 1 Click on Microsoft Excel tableau connect excel   Step: 2 Choose your excel file and open it up. choose your Excel in from computer tableau connect excel   Step: 3 It would take some time in processing. tableau connect excel Step: 4 On the left-hand side, there is your data source pane, and this lane shows you the sheets on the excel file and allows you to drag them in so that you can see the data show up this gives you a preview of what your data will look like. excel file and allows you to drag -min Step: 5 You can see the tableau is starting to classify your fields, so anything that has Abc on it shows that it’s a column that has strings. tableau is starting to classify your fields-min Step: 6 We also have the calendar symbol where it’s recognized that it’s a date field. calendar symbol where it’s recognized that it’s a date field Step: 7 Then, the Tableau have row ID that shows up with the hashtag, and it recognizes the number. Tableau have row ID that shows up with the hashtag   So in this chapter, we have learned how to pull your excel data source in and connect it with a tableau.