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Big data analysis has been getting a lot of attention in many industries. Visualization plays an important role not only in intuitively showing the results of data analysis but also in the whole process of collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and sharing data. This paper presents a procedure for the interactive visualization and analysis of data using Tableau as a business intelligence tool. Methods: Starting with installation of the Tableau Desktop Personal version 10.3, this paper describes the process of understanding and visualizing data using an example. The example data of information of students of an institution are fictitious and are used solely for the purpose of experimentation. Results: To explore the visualization of data using Tableau for beginners, this paper describes the creation of a simple view for the statistics of the expenditures and income of a fictional education institution. Since Tableau provides various visualizations and customization, the level of analysis can be increased with small multiples, view filtering, mark cards, and Tableau charts. Conclusions: Tableau is a software that can help users explore and understand their data by creating interactive visualizations. The software has the advantages that it can be used in conjunction with almost any data base, and it is easy to use by dragging and dropping to create an interactive visualization expressing the desired format.