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Learning Tableau 2019

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

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Learning Tableau 2019

Section 1: Tableau Foundations

This section lays the foundations for data visualization in Tableau. It provides an overview of the interface and terminology, explains data connections, and covers a wide variety of visualization types.

This section consists of the following chapters:

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Key benefits

  • 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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Length: 504 pages
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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Section 1: Tableau Foundations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Taking Off with Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Data in Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Venturing on to Advanced Visualizations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Leveraging the Full Power of Tableau Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Starting an Adventure with Calculations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Diving Deep with Table Calculations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Digging Deeper - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Data Prep and Structuring Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Cleaning and Structuring Messy Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Introducing Tableau Prep Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 4: Advanced Techniques and Sharing with Others Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sharing Your Data Story Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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In general, I don’t like PACKT books. Sorry. The books are often rushed.Three exceptions to this rule – amazing (!) PACKT books:- Python Machine Learning by Dr. Sebastian Raschka- Deep Reinforcement Learning by Maxim Lapan- Learning Tableau 2019 by Joshua N. Milligan (this book)The genius about Joshua’s book is in my opinion, that it covers about 95% (or two standard deviations) of what we need regularly with Tableau in less than 500 pages.This is a major accomplishment. Often, in particular with paid video courses, the authors try to show overwhelm (confuse?) you with their knowledge.Some personal highlights:- Page 129: the author often adds context to a question to be solved. E.g. Which patients fall outside the normal range?- Page 153: excellent explanation of row-level calculations vs. aggregation. Often, the authors encourages us to replicate the scenario for better understanding.- Page 164: LOD’s. Many authors struggle with making images + text readable in a book. Joshua succeeds.- Page 183: Table Calculations. I’ve spent countless days replicating samples from blogs, but there can be a major difference between free content and paid. In this case, Joshua’s paid content is again fantastic.- Page 191: Brilliant explanation of scope and direction (with images). Another reason why I love reading printed books: I can highlight, mark, add notes ….- Page 314: Trend line. In which business case would you need logarithmic? Maybe if we have diminishing returns? I’ve never seen such excellent descriptions.- Page 333: I love the 1 and 2 standard deviation distribution bands. It never occurred to me that I can expand it to 4, 5, 6 standard deviations….sweet!- Page 347: Good data structure – tall and narrow instead of short and wide. Great!- Page 457 made my day: Background Transparency. I had to test it immediately. With the right background image, this looks amazing!Negative? I would have paid 50% more for a book in full color.If you want to become a Tableau power user, I strongly encourage you to consider this book. For video material, Tableau’s paid e-learning is probably the very best investment. E-learning is magnitudes better than any paid or unpaid video course. OK, one exception is Martin’s Udemy course on Advanced LOD.Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Joshua!
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This is a great resource for anyone learning Tableau or wanting to extend their learning. I've worked through many of the samples / examples and they are explained clearly and thoughtfully. The detail provided is terrific.I've looked at many Tableau books and this remains one of the best.
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