Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases now! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Mastering Tableau

You're reading from   Mastering Tableau Smart Business Intelligence techniques to get maximum insights from your data

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784397692
Length 476 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
Jen Stirrup Jen Stirrup
Author Profile Icon Jen Stirrup
Jen Stirrup
David Baldwin David Baldwin
Author Profile Icon David Baldwin
David Baldwin
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Up to Speed – a Review of the Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. All about Data – Getting Your Data Ready 3. All about Data – Joins, Blends, and Data Structures 4. All about Data – Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data 5. Table Calculations 6. Level of Detail Calculations 7. Beyond the Basic Chart Types 8. Mapping 9. Tableau for Presentations 10. Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design 11. Improving Performance 12. Interacting with Tableau Server 13. R Integration

Summary

We began this chapter by considering the various Tableau file types; in particular, the .tds, .tdsx, .twb, and .twbx file types. This provided a foundation for understanding different ways to architect a Tableau Server deployment. We considered four basic architecture scenarios and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Next, we considered Tableau Server revision history, where we learned that version control features beginning in Tableau 9.3 can provide a safety net against inadvertently overwriting files. This was followed by a section on the Tableau Server web authoring environment that compared and contrasted that environment with Tableau Desktop. The primary purpose of this section was to establish a knowledge base for determining which personnel should have Tableau Desktop licenses and those for whom the web authoring capabilities of Tableau Server should suffice.

Lastly, we considered user filters and the Performance Recording dashboard. User filters enable the Tableau author...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime