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Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2 - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838553067
Pages 260 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
Profile icon Tristan Guillevin
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters close

Preface 1. Catching Up with Tableau 2019 2. The Tableau Core 3. Getting Started with Tableau Desktop 4. Connecting to Data and Simple Transformations 5. Building an Efficient Data Source 6. Design Insightful Visualizations 7. Powerful Dashboards, Stories, and Actions 8. Publishing and Interacting in Tableau Server 9. An Introduction to Calculations 10. Analytics and Parameters 11. Advanced Data Connections 12. Dealing with Security 13. How to Keep Growing Your Skills A. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Summary

Congratulations! This chapter was one of the longest, while also being one of the most important. Building Dashboards is an essential feature of Tableau.

We started with the basics of how to build a Dashboard and the different panes in the workplace, and we also saw the objects that you can add to personalize it. Then, we explored the different types of Layout with all the pros and cons of Tiled and Floating layouts, and Containers. To finish with the Dashboard part, we focused on Actions, how to use them, and how they can add interactivity. After that, we learned about Stories. You learned how, and when, to build and customize them.

In the next chapter, we'll discover a new Tableau product—Tableau Server. All the things you learned from the beginning of the book were about creation—how to create data sources, how to create Worksheets, and how to create Dashboards and Stories.

The next chapter is about sharing; we'll look at how to publish your work to make...

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