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UC Faculty, Staff Encouraged to Attend UC's Inaugural Tableau Showcase

headshot of Michele Ralston By Michele Ralston
1 minute read October 17, 2017

Do you struggle with how to shape your data into a story that others can understand? Maybe you need help creating spreadsheets and databases that are easy to read and comprehend?

If so, the UC Tableau Showcase is for you.

UC's inaugural Tableau Showcase will provide an overview of 

Tableau

, UC's data analytics and visualization software,  and teach members of the UC community how it can be used.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 2-5 p.m.

WHERE: Teachers-Dyer Complex, Room 160

Agenda:

  • Tableau Topic Talk by Jeffery A. Shaffer, Tableau expert and adjunct professor at UC.
  • Tableau breakout stations: See UC data in action via Tableau users from throughout the university. Attendees rotate stations every 10-15 minutes.

Registration deadline for UC Tableau Showcase is Oct. 31. Please click here to register.

Questions regarding UC Tableau Showcase can be directed to

Tamara.Gross@uc.edu

.

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