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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207653
Length 822 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shweta Savale Shweta Savale
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Kenneth Michael Cherven Kenneth Michael Cherven
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Sumit Gupta Sumit Gupta
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Sylvester Pinto Sylvester Pinto
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JC Gillet JC Gillet
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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

The Tableau Product Suite

There are a lot of tools available on the market offering various features and functionalities that you can use to visualize your data. When it comes to business analytics and data visualization, Tableau is one of the leading tools in this space because of its ease of use and drag and drop functionality, which makes it easier even for a business user to start making sense of their data. Tableau has different tools for different purposes, available in the Tableau product suite, which we'll explore in this section.

The entire suite can be divided into three parts: data preparation, data visualization, and consumption or distribution. Refer to the following figure:

Figure 1.6: A screenshot showing the Tableau product suite

As shown in the preceding figure, you have Tableau Prep in the Data Preparation layer, which is used for cleaning, combining, reshaping, and enhancing your data. This tool helps get your data ready for...

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