Technical requirements
You will need the following to apply the 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 more recent. The location of the current download is https://www.tableau.com/products/desktop/download. This version is not free but offers a 2-week trial.
- A version with similar functionality toTableau Desktop but is free is Tableau Public. It does not have all the data and extension functionality of 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 downloaded already, please use version 2021.1 or later.
- The Superstore Sales dataset. It automatically comes with the Tableau Desktop application but can also be pulled into the Tableau Public application by downloading it from the Tableau resources here: https://public.tableau.com/en-us...