Technical requirements
You will need the following for hands-on learning in this chapter:
- The Tableau Desktop application. Most versions will work for the exam, but for the best results, use 2021.1 or later. The location of current downloads can be found at https://www.tableau.com/products/desktop/download. This version is not free but you do get a 2-week trial.
- A version that has similar functionality to Tableau Desktop but that’s free is Tableau Public. It does not have all the same data and extension functionality as the Tableau Desktop application but has everything you need for the Tableau Desktop Specialist certification. It is available here: https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/download. If you’ve downloaded it already, please use version 2021.1 or later.
- The Superstore Sales dataset. It automatically comes with Tableau Desktop.