The main goal of this recipe is to demonstrate how R can be used in conjunction with Tableau. R is a popular statistical language that can be used to perform sophisticated statistical analysis and predictive analytics. R is open source and free. It is supported by a community of contributors who continually create new packages.
Using R within Tableau
Getting ready
Make sure that you have installed the most recent version of R on your computer. If not, go to https://cran.r-project.org/ and download the latest version adequate for your operating system and follow the instructions for the installation. The default settings are just fine.
When installing R, it is important to run it as administrator (right-click on the Setup icon...