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Learning Tableau 2019

You're reading from   Learning Tableau 2019 Tools for Business Intelligence, data prep, and visual analytics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788839525
Length 504 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Joshua N. Milligan Joshua N. Milligan
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Tableau Foundations FREE CHAPTER
2. Taking Off with Tableau 3. Working with Data in Tableau 4. Venturing on to Advanced Visualizations 5. Section 2: Leveraging the Full Power of Tableau
6. Starting an Adventure with Calculations 7. Diving Deep with Table Calculations 8. Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well 9. Telling a Data Story with Dashboards 10. Digging Deeper - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting 11. Section 3: Data Prep and Structuring
12. Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data 13. Introducing Tableau Prep 14. Section 4: Advanced Techniques and Sharing with Others
15. Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks 16. Sharing Your Data Story 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Taking Off with Tableau

When you first encounter a dataset, often the first thing you see is the raw data—numbers, dates, text, field names, and data types. Almost certainly, there are insights and stories that need to be uncovered and told, decisions to make, and actions to take. But how do you find the significance? How do you uncover the meaning and tell the stories that are hidden in the data?

Tableau is an amazing platform for seeing, understanding, and making key decisions based on your data! With it, you will be able to achieve incredible data discovery, data analysis, and data storytelling. You'll accomplish these tasks and goals visually using an interface that is designed for a natural and seamless flow of thought and work.

To leverage the power of Tableau, you don't need to write complex scripts or queries. Instead, you will be interacting with your...

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