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Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2

You're reading from   Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2 Effective data visualization and business intelligence with the new features of Tableau 2019.2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838553067
Length 260 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
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Preface 1. Catching Up with Tableau 2019 FREE CHAPTER 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

Creating a story

Stories are designed for data storytelling. You can control what the users will discover, in which order, and add annotations and explanations throughout the Story.

Tip

Do not create a Story just to use it as a menu to navigate around the Dashboard. For that, you have the button object and the Go to Sheet… action.

Creating a new Story is as simple as creating a Dashboard; you can either click on the icon at the bottom-right, click on New Story from the Story top menu, or use the New Story button in the toolbar.

The Story workplace is quite similar to the Dashboard one. You'll find a central blank part where you can drop Worksheets and Dashboards. Again, modifying the Dashboards or Worksheets will impact the Story. On the left pane, you can also find two tabs: Story and Layout.

The main difference with Dashboards is the Story points. A Story is usually composed of multiple Story points. Each of them can contain only one Worksheet or one Dashboard. Here's an example...

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