Preface

Tableau Server provides a centralized location to store, edit, share, and collaborate on content such as dashboards and curated data sources. This book gets you up and running with Tableau Server to help you increase end user engagement for your published work, as well as reducing or eliminating redundant tasks.

You'll explore Tableau Server's structure and understand how to get started by connecting, publishing content, and navigating the software interface. Next, you'll learn when and how to update the settings of your content at various levels to best utilize Tableau Server's features. You'll explore how to interact with the Tableau Server interface to efficiently locate, sort, filter, manage, and customize content. After that, the book shows you how to leverage other valuable features that enable you and your audience to share, download, and interact with content on Tableau Server. As you progress, you'll discover ways to increase the performance of your published content. All along, the book shows you how to navigate, interact with, and best utilize Tableau Server with the help of engaging examples and best practices shared by recognized Tableau professionals.

By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have a comprehensive understanding of how to use Tableau Server to manage content, automate tasks, and increase end user engagement.