Going Beyond the Basics
The assumption behind this chapter is that the you are familiar with basic chart types such as bar, line graph, treemap, pie, and area, and that you have used Tableau to build multiple charts. The intention of this chapter is to focus on how to improve visualization types you may already use on a regular basis, as well as introducing chart types with which you may be unfamiliar but that are, nonetheless, widely useful. I will then introduce you to Tableau Exchange, a platform that contains extensions, accelerators, and connectors, which offer some more exotic chart types.
Perhaps the most useful part of this chapter is not contained in the book at all but, rather, in the workbook associated with the chapter. Be sure to download that workbook (the link will be provided in the following section) to check out a wide range of visualization types.
This chapter will explore the following visualization types and topics:
- Improving popular visualizations...
