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Learning Tableau 2019: Tools for Business Intelligence, data prep, and visual analytics , Third Edition

Joshua N. Milligan

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Paperback Mar 2019 504 pages 3rd Edition

Joshua N. Milligan

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4.6 (7 Ratings)

Paperback Mar 2019 504 pages 3rd Edition

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Explore all the latest Tableau 2019 features and redefine business analytics for your organization
Create impressive data visualizations and interactive dashboards to get insights from your data
Learn effective data storytelling to transform how your business leverages data and makes decisions

Description

Tableau is the gold standard of business intelligence and visual analytics tools in every industry. It enables rapid data visualization and interpretation with charts, graphs, dashboards, and much more. Updated with the latest features of Tableau, this book takes you from the foundations of the Tableau 2019 paradigm through to advanced topics. This third edition of the bestselling guide by Tableau Zen Master, Joshua Milligan, will help you come to grips with updated features, such as set actions and transparent views. Beginning with installation, you'll create your first visualizations with Tableau and then explore practical examples and advanced techniques. You'll create bar charts, tree maps, scatterplots, time series, and a variety of other visualizations. Next, you'll discover techniques to overcome challenges presented by data structure and quality and engage in effective data storytelling and decision making with business critical information. Finally, you'll be introduced to Tableau Prep, and learn how to use it to integrate and shape data for analysis. By the end of this book, you will be equipped to leverage the powerful features of Tableau 2019 for decision making.

Who is this book for?

This Tableau book is for anyone who wants to understand data. If you’re new to Tableau, don’t worry. This book builds on the foundations to help you understand how Tableau really works and then builds on that knowledge with practical examples before moving on to advanced techniques. Working experience with databases will be useful but is not necessary to get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

Develop stunning visualizations that explain complexity with clarity
Explore the exciting new features of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep
Connect to various data sources to bring all your data together
Uncover techniques to prep and structure your data for easy analysis
Create and use calculations to solve problems and enrich analytics
Master advanced topics such as sets, LOD calcs, and much more
Enable smart decisions with clustering, distribution, and forecasting
Share your data stories to build a culture of trust and action

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Product Details

Publication date : Mar 27, 2019

Length: 504 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781788839525

Vendor :

Tableau

Category :

Data

Concepts :

Business Intelligence

Tools :

Tableau

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17 Chapters

Section 1: Tableau Foundations

Taking Off with Tableau

The cycle of analytics

Connecting to data

Foundations for building visualizations

Visualizing data

Putting everything together in a dashboard

Summary

Working with Data in Tableau

The Tableau paradigm

Connecting to data

Managing data source metadata

Working with extracts instead of live connections

Venturing on to Advanced Visualizations

Comparing values

Visualizing dates and times

Relating parts of the data to the whole

Visualizing distributions

Visualizing multiple axes to compare different measures

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Section 2: Leveraging the Full Power of Tableau

Starting an Adventure with Calculations

Introduction to calculations

Row-level calculations

Aggregate-level calculations

Level of detail calculations

Parameters

Practical examples of calculations and parameters

Ad hoc calculations

Performance considerations

Summary

Diving Deep with Table Calculations

An overview of Table Calculations

Quick Table Calculations

Relative versus fixed

Custom Table Calculations

Practical examples

Data densification

Summary

Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well

Visualization considerations

Leveraging formatting in Tableau

Adding value to visualizations

Summary

Telling a Data Story with Dashboards

Key concepts for dashboards

Designing dashboards in Tableau

Dashboard example – is least profitable always unprofitable?

Designing for different displays and devices

How actions work

Dashboard example – regional scorecard

Stories

Summary

Digging Deeper - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting

Section 3: Data Prep and Structuring

Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data

Structuring data for Tableau

Dealing with data structure issues

Overview of advanced fixes for data problems

Summary

Introducing Tableau Prep

Getting prepped to explore Tableau Prep

Understanding the Tableau Prep Builder Interface

Flowing with the fundamental paradigm

Summary

Section 4: Advanced Techniques and Sharing with Others

Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks

Advanced visualizations

Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards

Mapping techniques

Using background images

Animation

Transparency

Summary

Sharing Your Data Story

Presenting, printing, and exporting

Sharing with users of Tableau Desktop or Tableau Reader

Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public

Summary

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About the author

Joshua N. Milligan

Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Visionary (Zen Master) and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Resultant, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.

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