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Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

You're reading from   Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x Get up and running with the new features of Tableau 2018 for impactful data visualization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838689
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Catching Up with Tableau 2018 2. The Tableau Core FREE CHAPTER 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 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Tableau Server contents


There are four different types of content on Tableau Server: 

  • Projects: The highest level; it is like a folder. You can only create new projects from the web. A project can contain other Sub-Projects, Workbooks, and Data Sources.
  • Workbooks: Either created on Tableau Desktop and published here, or directly created in Tableau Server. Each Workbook is composed of one or multiple Views.
  • Views: All the different Worksheets, Dashboards, and Stories in the Workbooks.
  • Data Sources: Created on Tableau Desktop and published here. You can use them to build new analyses directly on the web.

Tableau Server has two ways of displaying Content. Since the 2018.3 version, the default way is called Mixed Content and shows different types of Content in the same place.

As you can see in the following screenshot, in the Sales project, there is one other Sub-Project, one Workbook, and one Data Source, all displayed in the same place:

The Sales project dashboard

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