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The Tableau Workshop

You're reading from The Tableau Workshop A practical guide to the art of data visualization with Tableau

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800207653

Length 822 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Tableau

Concepts

Data Visualization

Authors (5):

Shweta Savale

Kenneth Michael Cherven

Sumit Gupta

Sylvester Pinto

JC Gillet

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction: Visual Analytics with Tableau

2. Data Preparation: Using Tableau Desktop FREE CHAPTER

3. Data Preparation: Using Tableau Prep

4. Data Exploration: Comparison and Composition

5. Data Exploration: Distributions and Relationships

6. Data Exploration: Exploring Geographical Data

7. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Calculations

8. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Table Calculations

9. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Level of Details (LOD) Calculations

10. Dashboards and Storyboards

11. Tableau Interactivity: Part 1

Saving and Sharing Your Work

Another important point to discuss when working with Tableau is how to save your files and share them with others. As you know, Tableau is an interactive tool that allows users to filter, drill down, and slice and dice data using the features that are provided within the tool. Now, when it comes to saving and sharing your work with others, some people may want their end users to have the flexibility to play with the report and use the interactivity that is provided, while others may simply want end users to have a static snapshot of information that doesn't provide any sort of interactivity. Further, some may want to share the entire dashboard with their end users, while others may only want to share a single visualization.

All these scenarios can be handled in Tableau. The following list will go through these options in detail, breaking them into two parts: static snapshots and interactivity versions:

Static snapshots: The following is...

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Authors (5)

Sumit Gupta

Sumit Gupta

Sumit Gupta is an analytics professional with more than 7 years' experience spanning across marketing, sales, and product analytics. As a consultant and trainer, he has utilized Tableau to build better data-driven teams for his organization. Sumit specializes in translating vast amounts of data into easy-to-understand dashboards which provide actionable intelligence. He is a Tableau Certified Associate and enjoys training data enthusiasts to become better Tableau developers and certified Tableau associates. This book is one such effort to reach masses.

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Cherven

Cherven

Kenneth Michael Cherven is a Data Analyst and Visualizer based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He has worked with Tableau for more than 15 years with a focus on making complex data easily understood through the of interactive dashboards and creative displays. Beyond his work in the automotive sector, Kenneth analyzes data and creates visualizations using open data sources from the baseball, government, music, and craft beer domains. Ken has previously published two titles for Packt – Network Graph Analysis and Visualization with Gephi and Mastering Gephi Network Visualization.

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Shweta Savale

Shweta Savale

Shweta Sankhe-Savale is the Co-founder and Head of Client Engagements at Syvylyze Analytics (pronounced as "civilize"), a boutique business analytics firm specializing in visual analytics. Shweta is a Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate and a Tableau Accredited Trainer. Being one of the leading experts on Tableau in India, Shweta has translated her experience and expertise into successfully rendering analytics and data visualization services for numerous clients across a wide range of industry verticals. She has taken up numerous training as well as consulting assignments for customers across various sectors like BFSI, FMCG, Retail, E-commerce, Consulting & Professional Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharma, ITeS etc. She even had the privilege of working with some of the renowned Government and UN agencies as well. Combining her ability to breakdown complex concepts, with her expertise on Tableau's visual analytics platforms, Shweta has successfully trained over a 1300+ participants from 85+ companies.

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JC Gillet

JC Gillet

Jean-Charles (JC) Gillet is a seasoned business analyst with over 7 years of experience with SQL at both a large-scale multinational company in the United Kingdom and a smaller firm in the United States, and 5 years of Tableau experience. He has been working with Tableau and SQL for multiple years to share his expertise with his colleagues, as well as delivering SQL training. A French national, JC holds a master's degree in executive engineering from Mines ParisTech and is a Tableau Desktop Certified Associate. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter (to whom he dedicates his work on this book) and playing team handball, having competed in national championships.

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Pinto

Pinto

Sylvester Pinto has been using Tableau for almost a decade now for improving business performance for different industries. Sylvester has designed various business solutions using Tableau for different organizations leading to a huge impact to improve their businesses. He has a Tableau certification and as a consultant designs solutions for various organizations.

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