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Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

You're reading from   Tableau 2019.x Cookbook Over 115 recipes to build end-to-end analytical solutions using Tableau

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789533385
Length 670 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tania Lincoln Tania Lincoln
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Tableau Software 2. Data Manipulation FREE CHAPTER 3. Tableau Extracts 4. Tableau Desktop Advanced Calculations 5. Tableau Desktop Advanced Filtering 6. Building Dashboards 7. Telling a Story with Tableau 8. Tableau Visualization 9. Tableau Advanced Visualization 10. Tableau for Big Data 11. Forecasting with Tableau 12. Advanced Analytics with Tableau 13. Deploy Tableau Server 14. Tableau Troubleshooting 15. Preparing Data for Analysis with Tableau Prep 16. ETL Best Practices for Tableau 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Data blending

Sometimes, our data sources might not be suitable for joining for multiple reasons. For example, they might be on different levels of aggregation, resulting in duplicates upon joining, or you might wish to use data source types that don't support cross-database joins, such as Google Analytics. But, we also want to make visualizations that contain fields from different data sources. That's when data blending comes in handy—it allows us to make a connection between data sources when joining isn't appropriate or possible.

Getting ready

Follow the steps from the previous recipe, Adding a secondary data source, to connect to the Internet_satisfaction.csv and Internet_usage.csv data sources.

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Tableau 2019.x Cookbook
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