The Information Lab
The Information Lab is LSE’s provider of Tableau Services. They facilitate the purchase of Tableau licences and support our implementation as well as providing training and advice.
The following resources from The Information Lab can help you develop your skills and knowledge.
The Information Lab - Training
The Information Lab Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/theinformationlab/featured) for Information Lab webinar recordings.
The Information Lab email training program - these are regular emails covering key learning topics for new Alteryx and Tableau users: Creator (http://til.bi/creator): 14 days covering key topics such as mapping, intro to calculations, parameters, working with time series data and more.
The Information Lab meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/Lets-talk-Data/events/) for classroom training and live webinars, events and more, everyone is welcome.
The Information Lab have developed a Learning Hub for self-directed study. Please contact planning.division@lse.ac.uk for information on how to access this resource.
For specific data issues the Information Lab also have a Centre of Excellence platform called Convo. If you would like access to Convo please email the BI Specialist in DTS via tech.support@lse.ac.uk so that they can request The Information Lab add you to the Platform. This works in a similar way to our own developer Teams site as a place you can post questions. Note: Do not share real data outside of LSE - only provide dummy data with any queries to ensure you do not break any Data Protection or GDPR guidelines. If you need assistance in establishing what can be shared please consult our records management team via email (glpd.info.rights@lse.ac.uk).
Other Useful websites
https://www.tableau.com/learn/training/20204