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Tableau Certified Data Analyst Certification Guide

You're reading from   Tableau Certified Data Analyst Certification Guide Ace the Tableau Data Analyst certification exam with expert guidance and practice material

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243467
Length 462 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daisy Jones Daisy Jones
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Harry Cooney Harry Cooney
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Connecting to Data FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Transforming Data 3. Chapter 3: Calculations 4. Chapter 4: Grouping and Filtering 5. Chapter 5: Charts 6. Chapter 6: Dashboards 7. Chapter 7: Formatting 8. Chapter 8: Publishing and Managing Content 9. Chapter 9: Accessing the Online Practice Resources 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Combining Data

This section covers the methodologies for combining data sources together in Tableau. How to join data sources on common fields in Tableau Desktop is covered first, followed by how to union data sources in Tableau Desktop. Relationships in Tableau Desktop and Tableau Blending will also be discussed. Finally, how to join and union data sources in Tableau Prep is looked into.

Tableau Desktop Joins

A common method for combining two data sources is to join them side by side on a common field or on multiple common fields. Tableau Desktop allows datasets from any valid data source type to be combined together (Tableau Data sources cannot be used in joins). There are multiple ways to configure a join in Tableau Desktop such as deciding which fields to match with between the two data sources and then which data to keep as a result of the join.

Choosing which fields to match on can be as simple as selecting a common field with the same name in two data sources. However...

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