Index
A
- action
- about / How actions work
- filter actions / How actions work
- highlight action / How actions work
- URL action / How actions work
- addressing
- about / Relative versus fixed, Addressing and partitioning
- advanced addressing / Advanced addressing and partitioning
- ad hoc calculations / Ad hoc calculations
- administration
- Tableau Service Manager / Tableau Service Manager (2018.2)
- advanced mapping techniques
- about / Advanced mapping techniques
- standard in geographic data, supplementing / Supplementing the standard in geographic data
- geographic locations, manual assignment / Manually assigning geographic locations
- custom territories, creating / Creating custom territories
- final map tips / Some final map tips
- advance visualization
- about / Advanced visualizations
- slope chart / Slope chart
- lollipop chart / Lollipop chart
- waterfall chart / Waterfall chart
- sparklines / Sparklines
- dumbbell chart / Dumbbell chart
- unit chart/symbol chart / Unit chart/symbol chart
- Marimekko chart / Marimekko chart
- aggregate-level calculations
- about / Overview of the three main types of calculations
- examples / Aggregate Level example
- versus row-level calculations / Row Level or Aggregate – why does it matter?
- alias / Blending example
- Amazon Redshift / Connecting to data in the cloud
- Ambassadors
- about / Ambassadors
- Social Media Ambassadors / Ambassadors
- User Group Leader Ambassadors / Ambassadors
- Tableau Public Ambassadors / Ambassadors
- URL / Ambassadors
- animation / Animation
- area charts
- for data comparison / Area charts
- Automatic Mobile Layouts / Automatic Mobile layouts (2018.2)
B
- background images
- using / Using background images
- about / Animation
- bar charts
- about / Creating bar charts
- creating / Creating bar charts
- iterations, for deeper analysis / Iterations of bar charts for deeper analysis
- creating, for data comparison / Bar charts
- for displaying variations / Bar chart variations
- bullet chart, using / Bullet chart – showing progress toward a goal
- bar in bar chart, using / Bar in bar chart
- categories, highlighting / Highlighting categories of interest
- blends
- about / Joins and blends
- data sources, blending / Blending data sources
- example / Blending example
- box plots
- for distribution visualization / Box and whisker plots
- built-in date
- hierarchy / The built-in date hierarchy
- bullet chart / Bullet chart – showing progress toward a goal
- bullet graph / Bullet chart – showing progress toward a goal
- bump chart / Slope chart
C
- calculations
- creating / Creating and editing calculations
- editing / Creating and editing calculations
- row-level calculations / Overview of the three main types of calculations
- aggregate-level calculations / Overview of the three main types of calculations
- table calculations / Overview of the three main types of calculations
- examples / Practical examples of calculations and parameters
- reference link / Practical examples of calculations and parameters
- data issues, fixing / Fixing data issues
- data, extending / Extending the data
- user experience, enhancing / Enhancing user experience, analysis, and visualizations
- analysis / Enhancing user experience, analysis, and visualizations
- visualizations, enhancing / Enhancing user experience, analysis, and visualizations
- data blends, for achieving flexibility / Achieving flexibility with data blends
- performance considerations / Performance considerations
- cardinality / Visualizing distributions
- Change Set Values action / The Change Set Values action (2018.3)
- circle charts
- for distribution visualization / Circle charts
- jittering / Jittering
- cloud
- data connection / Connecting to data in the cloud
- clustering / Clustering
- combination charts / Combination charts
- command-line interface (CLI) / Tableau Service Manager (2018.2)
- comments / Comments (2018.2)
- Community projects
- about / Community projects
- Viz For Social Good / Community projects
- Make Over Monday / Community projects
- Workout Wednesday / Community projects
- connection / Connecting to data
- context filters / Implementing actions to tell the story
- continuous bins / Marimekko chart
- continuous fields
- about / Discrete and continuous, Continuous fields
- filtering / Filtering continuous fields
- cross-database joins / Cross – database joins
- cross-data connection joins / Cross – database joins
- custom shapes / Unit chart/symbol chart
- custom SQL filters / Filtering data
- custom table calculations
- creating / Custom table calculations
- custom territories
- creating / Creating custom territories
- ad hoc custom territories / Ad hoc custom territories
- field-defined custom territories / Field – defined custom territories
D
- dashboard
- about / Connecting to data, Bringing everything together in a dashboard, Dashboard objectives
- purposes / Bringing everything together in a dashboard
- building / Building your dashboard
- objectives / Dashboard objectives
- designing, for different devices / Designing for different displays and devices
- sharing, with Tableau Desktop / Sharing with users of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Reader
- sharing, with Tableau Reader / Sharing with users of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Reader
- Dashboard improvements
- about / Dashboard improvements
- extensions / Extensions (2018.2)
- navigation button / Dashboard navigation button (2018.3)
- navigation action / Navigation action (2018.3)
- Change Set Values action / The Change Set Values action (2018.3)
- Automatic Mobile Layouts / Automatic Mobile layouts (2018.2)
- Grids / Grids (2018.2)
- data blends
- for achieving flexibility / Achieving flexibility with data blends
- data comparison
- about / Comparing values across different dimensions, Relating parts of the data to the whole
- with bar charts / Bar charts
- with stacked bars / Stacked bars
- with treemaps / Treemaps
- with area charts / Area charts
- for pie charts / Pie charts
- data connection
- creating / Connecting to data
- about / Connecting to data
- in file / Connecting to data in a file
- on server / Connecting to data on a server
- in cloud / Connecting to data in the cloud
- shortcuts / Shortcuts for connecting to data
- data densification
- about / Data densification
- occurence / When and where data densification occurs
- example / An example of leveraging data densification
- data filtering
- about / Filtering data
- with discrete fields / Filtering discrete fields
- with continuous fields / Filtering continuous fields
- with dates / Filtering dates
- options / Other filtering options
- data highlighter / Highlight actions, Slope chart
- data source
- about / Connecting to data
- blending / Blending data sources
- data source filters / Filtering data
- data source improvements
- about / Data Source improvements
- normalized extract (2018.3) / Normalized extract (2018.3)
- Spatial join (2018.2) / Spatial join (2018.2)
- data source metadata / Managing data source metadata
- data structure
- about / Structuring data for Tableau
- wide data / Wide data
- tall data / Tall data
- star schemas / Good structure - star schemas
- issues / Techniques for dealing with data structure issues
- data visualization
- foundations, for building / Foundations for building visualizations
- measures / Measures and dimensions
- dimensions / Measures and dimensions
- discrete fields / Discrete and continuous, Discrete fields
- continuous fields / Discrete and continuous, Continuous fields
- about / Visualizing data
- date and time
- visualizing / Visualizing dates and times
- built-in date hierarchy / The built-in date hierarchy
- visualizations, variations / Variations of date and time visualizations
- visualizing, with Gantt charts / Gantt charts
- density mark / Density Mark (2018.3)
- dimension tables / Good structure - star schemas
- direction
- about / Relative versus fixed, Scope and direction
- and scope, handling together / Working with scope and direction
- discrete fields
- about / Discrete and continuous, Discrete fields
- filtering / Filtering discrete fields
- distributions
- analyzing / Distributions
- distribution visualization
- about / Visualizing distributions
- with circle charts / Circle charts
- with box plots / Box and whisker plots
- with whisker plots / Box and whisker plots
- with histogram / Histograms
- domain completion / Data densification
- domain padding / Data densification
- dual axis
- used, for visualizing multiple axes / Dual axis
- dual axis mapping / Dual Axis mapping (2018.1)
- dumbbell chart
- about / Dumbbell chart
- building / Dumbbell chart
- dynamic dashboards
- creating / Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards
- controls, displaying / Dynamically showing and hiding other controls
- controls, hiding / Dynamically showing and hiding other controls
E
- exporting / Exporting
- extensions / Extensions (2018.2)
- Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) / Structuring data for Tableau
- Extract API / Connecting to data
- extract filters / Filtering data
- extracts
- about / Working with extracts instead of live connections
- using / Working with extracts instead of live connections, Using extracts
- creating / Creating extracts
- for performance optimization / Performance
- probability / Portability and security
- security, considerations / Portability and security
- usage / When to use an extract
- avoiding / When to use an extract
F
- Fact tables / Good structure - star schemas
- field-level formatting / Field-level formatting
- file types
- about / Tableau file types
- .tbm / Tableau file types
- .tde / Tableau file types
- .tds / Tableau file types
- .tdsx / Tableau file types
- filled maps / Filled maps
- filter actions / Filter actions
- filters
- data source filters / Filtering data
- extract filters / Filtering data
- custom SQL filters / Filtering data
- fixed table calculation / Relative versus fixed
- forecasting
- using / Forecasting
- foreign key / Good structure - star schemas
- format options
- alignment / Worksheet level formatting
- shading / Worksheet level formatting
- borders / Worksheet level formatting
- lines / Worksheet level formatting
- formatting
- considerations / Formatting considerations
- in Tableau / Understanding how formatting works in Tableau
- worksheet level formatting / Worksheet level formatting
- field-level formatting / Field-level formatting
- options / Additional formatting options
- functions
- Number / Creating and editing calculations
- String / Creating and editing calculations
- Date / Creating and editing calculations
- Type conversion / Creating and editing calculations
- Aggregate / Creating and editing calculations
- User / Creating and editing calculations
- Table calculation / Creating and editing calculations
G
- Gantt charts
- used, for visualizing date and time / Gantt charts
- geographic visualizations
- creating / Creating geographic visualizations
- filled maps / Filled maps
- symbol maps / Symbol maps
- Google Analytics / Connecting to data in the cloud
- Google Sheets / Connecting to data in the cloud
- granularity / Structuring data for Tableau
- Grids / Grids (2018.2)
- guided analytics dashboard
- creating / Example - is least profitable always unprofitable?, Creating the dashboard framework
- views, building / Building the views
- actions, implementing / Implementing actions to tell the story
H
- hierarchy filtering / Hierarchy filtering (2018.1)
- highlight actions / Highlight actions
- highlighters / Highlight actions
- histogram
- for distribution visualization / Histograms
I
- index / Working with scope and direction
- interacting
- about / Interacting
- mixed content / Mixed content (2018.3)
- mobile preview / Mobile preview (2018.3)
- intersect / Spatial join (2018.2)
- Iron Viz / Iron Viz
J
- jittering / Jittering
- join culling / Good structure - star schemas
- joins
- about / Joins and blends
- tables, joining / Joining tables
- cross-database joins / Cross – database joins
K
- k-means clustering / Clustering
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) / Dashboard objectives
- keywords / Creating and editing calculations
L
- l / Iterations of bar charts for deeper analysis
- Latitude / Supplementing the standard in geographic data
- Level of Detail / Iterations of bar charts for deeper analysis
- level of detail calculations
- about / Level of Detail calculations
- syntax / Level of Detail syntax
- FIXED / Level of Detail syntax
- INCLUDE / Level of Detail syntax
- EXCLUDE / Level of Detail syntax
- example / Level of Detail example
- Line / Dumbbell chart
- line charts
- about / Creating line charts
- creating / Creating line charts
- iterations, for deeper analysis / Iterations of line charts for deeper analysis
- linking fields / Blending data sources
- lollipop chart / Lollipop chart
- Longitude / Supplementing the standard in geographic data
M
- Mapbox / Some final map tips
- Marimekko chart (Mekko chart)
- about / Marimekko chart
- reference link / Marimekko chart
- materialized fields / Using extracts
- metadata
- about / Managing data source metadata
- managing / Managing data source metadata
- Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) / Analyzing trend models
- mixed content / Mixed content (2018.3)
- mobile preview / Mobile preview (2018.3)
- Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) / The Tableau paradigm
- multiple axes
- visualizing / Visualizing multiple axes to compare different measures
- visualizing, with scatterplot / Scatterplot
- visualizing, with dual axis / Dual axis
- visualizing, with combination charts / Combination charts
N
- navigation action / Navigation action (2018.3)
- navigation button / Dashboard navigation button (2018.3)
- nested sort / Nested sort (2018.2)
- non-Cartesian chart types / Treemaps
- normalized extract / Normalized extract (2018.3)
- Null Island / Manually assigning geographic locations
O
- ODBC / Structuring data for Tableau
- operators / Creating and editing calculations
P
- P-value / Analyzing trend models
- parameters
- about / Parameters
- creating / Creating parameters
- partitioning / Relative versus fixed
- about / Addressing and partitioning
- advanced partitioning / Advanced addressing and partitioning
- path / Dumbbell chart
- pie charts
- for data comparison / Pie charts
- Ploygon / Dumbbell chart
- presenting / Presenting, printing, and exporting, Presenting
- printing / Printing
Q
- quick table calculations / Quick table calculations
R
- R
- about / Analyzing trend models
- reference link / Analyzing trend models
- radial selections / Some final map tips
- Regional scorecard dashboard
- about / Example - regional scorecard
- creating / Example - regional scorecard
- relative table calculation / Relative versus fixed
- REST API / Additional distribution options using Tableau Server
- row-level calculations
- about / Overview of the three main types of calculations
- examples / Row Level examples
- versus aggregate-level calculations / Row Level or Aggregate – why does it matter?
- Row-level filters / Row-level filters
S
- Salesforce / Connecting to data in the cloud
- scatterplot / Scatterplot
- scope
- about / Relative versus fixed, Scope and direction
- and direction, handling together / Working with scope and direction
- sheet / Connecting to data
- sheet selection / Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards
- sheet swapping / Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards
- Show Me
- using / Using Show Me
- slope chart / Slope chart
- sparklines chart
- about / Sparklines
- building, techniques / Sparklines
- sparse data / Data densification
- spatial join / Spatial join (2018.2)
- stacked bars
- using / Stacked bars
- star schemas / Good structure - star schemas
- Step and jump lines / Step and jump lines (2018.1)
- stories
- about / Stories
- building / Stories
- Story / Printing
- story / Connecting to data
- story points / Stories
- Structured Query Language (SQL) / The Tableau paradigm
- surrogate key / Good structure - star schemas
- symbol maps / Symbol maps
- synchronized dual axis / Lollipop chart
- System for Cross-Domain Identity Provider (SCMI) / Other administrative improvements
T
- TABCMD utility / Additional distribution options using Tableau Server
- Tableau
- products, sharing with / Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public
- Tableau Community
- about / The Tableau Community
- URL / The Tableau Community
- Tableau Data Extract API / Creating extracts, Structuring data for Tableau
- Tableau Desktop
- data Source improvements / Tableau Desktop
- visualization improvements / Tableau Desktop, Visualization improvements
- dashboard improvements / Tableau Desktop
- web authoring / Web authoring
- Tableau Desktop users
- workbook, sharing with / Sharing with Tableau Desktop users
- Tableau Mobile / Interacting with Tableau Server
- Tableau Online
- publishing to / Publishing to Tableau Server and Tableau Online
- Tableau paradigm
- about / The Tableau paradigm
- example / A simple example
- Tableau Public
- products, sharing with / Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public
- publishing to / Publishing to Tableau Public
- Tableau Query Language (TQL) / The Tableau paradigm
- Tableau Reader users
- workbook, sharing with / Sharing with Tableau Reader users
- Tableau Server
- products, sharing with / Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public
- publishing to / Publishing to Tableau Server and Tableau Online
- interacting with / Interacting with Tableau Server
- distribution options / Additional distribution options using Tableau Server
- used, for additional distribution options / Additional distribution options using Tableau Server
- about / Tableau Server/Online
- interacting / Interacting
- administration / Administration
- Tableau Server security / Tableau Server security
- Tableau Service Manager (TSM) / Tableau Service Manager (2018.2)
- Tableau User Group (TUG) / The Tableau Community
- table calculations
- about / Overview of the three main types of calculations, Overview of table calculations
- editing / Creating and editing table calculations
- creating / Creating and editing table calculations
- fixed computation / Relative versus fixed
- examples / Practical examples
- Year-over-Year growth, calculating / Year – over – Year growth
- ranking within higher levels / Ranking within higher levels
- late filtering / Late filtering
- tall data
- about / Tall data
- versus wide data / Wide and tall in Tableau
- treemaps
- for data comparison / Treemaps
- trend lines
- calculating / Trending
- customizing / Customizing trend lines
- trend models
- Linear / Trend models
- Logarithmic / Trend models
- Exponential / Trend models
- Polynomial / Trend models
- analyzing / Analyzing trend models
- trends
- viewing / Trending
U
- unit chart/symbol chart
- about / Unit chart/symbol chart
- creating, techniques / Unit chart/symbol chart
- URL actions / URL actions
- User Filters / User Filters
V
- view / Connecting to data
- view level of detail / Scatterplot, Marimekko chart
- visualization
- value, adding / Adding value to visualizations
- customizing / Adding value to visualizations
- tooltips / Tooltips
- visualization improvements
- about / Visualization improvements
- Density mark (2018.3) / Density Mark (2018.3)
- Step and jump lines (2018.1) / Step and jump lines (2018.1)
- worksheet transparency (2018.3) / Worksheet transparency (2018.3)
- Dual axis mapping / Dual Axis mapping (2018.1)
- nested sort / Nested sort (2018.2)
- hierarchy filtering / Hierarchy filtering (2018.1)
- Visual Query Language (VizQL)
- about / The Tableau paradigm
- benefits / The Tableau paradigm
- Viz Of The Day / Tableau Public
W
- waterfall chart
- about / Waterfall chart
- building, features / Waterfall chart
- web authoring
- about / Web authoring
- data, connecting / Connecting to data (2018.1)
- Web Data Connector / Connecting to data
- whiskers plots
- for distribution visualization / Box and whisker plots
- wide data
- about / Wide data
- versus tall data / Wide and tall in Tableau
- WMS server / Some final map tips
- workbook
- sharing, with Tableau Desktop users / Sharing with Tableau Desktop users
- worksheet level formatting / Worksheet level formatting
- Worksheet transparency / Worksheet transparency (2018.3)
Z
- Zen Masters
- about / Zen Masters
- URL / Zen Masters
