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Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

You're reading from  Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838689
Pages 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
Profile icon Tristan Guillevin

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Catching Up with Tableau 2018 2. The Tableau Core 3. A First Dashboard and Exploration 4. Connect to Data and Simple Transformations 5. Build an Efficient Data Source 6. Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 1 7. Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 2 8. Create Powerful Dashboards and Stories 9. Publish and Interact in Tableau Server 10. An Introduction to Calculations 11. Analytics and Parameters 12. Advanced Data Connections 13. Deal with Security 14. How to Keep Growing Your Skills 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

The toolbar options


Whether you are working on a Worksheet, Dashboard, or Story, you can always see the toolbar on top. Let's review the different options it offers while knowing that a lot of specific words will be explained in other chapters:

  • Tableau icon 
    : Opens the start page (you don't lose your work).
  • Undo
    : Reverses your action. The great thing is that you can undo an unlimited number of times, starting back from the very beginning if you want!
  • Redo
    : Useful if you undo a bit too much. You can redo the most recent undone action.
  • Save 
    : Saves your Workbook on your computer.
  • Add a new Data Source 
    : Opens the menu to choose a new connection to a file or a server.
  • Auto update Pause 
    /Play 
    : Interrupts all the queries to the connection. If you try to build a visualization, everything will be grayed out until you hit play again. It's useful when the query is very long.
  • Refresh 
    : Executes a query to refresh the data.
  • New Worksheet 
    : Opens a new blank Worksheet.
  • Duplicate Worksheet 
    : Creates a copy...
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