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1 online resource (387 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Packt Upsell; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Catching Up with Tableau 2018; Tableau Desktop; Data Source improvements; Normalized extract (2018.3); Spatial join (2018.2); Other Data Source improvements; Visualization improvements; Density Mark (2018.3); Step and jump lines (2018.1); Worksheet transparency (2018.3); Dual Axis mapping (2018.1); Nested sort (2018.2); Hierarchy filtering (2018.1); Other improvements; Dashboard improvements; Extensions (2018.2); Dashboard navigation button (2018.3); Navigation action (2018.3) |
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The Change Set Values action (2018.3)Automatic Mobile layouts (2018.2); Grids (2018.2); Tableau Server/Online; Interacting; Mixed content (2018.3); Mobile preview (2018.3); Comments (2018.2); Web authoring; Connecting to data (2018.1); Other web authoring improvements; Administration; Tableau Service Manager (2018.2); Other administrative improvements; Summary; Chapter 2: The Tableau Core; The different Tableau products; Speaking Tableau; Dimension and Measure; Blue and green -- Discrete and Continuous; The toolbar options; Live or Extract; Live; Extract; Summary |
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Chapter 3: A First Dashboard and ExplorationConnect to data; Create a first set of visualizations; Sales and profit by sub-categories -- bar chart; Profit evolution -- line chart; Profit by state -- filled map; Building your first Dashboard; Assembling the Dashboard; Adding interactivity to your Dashboard; Using Tableau for data exploration; Summary; Chapter 4: Connect to Data and Simple Transformations; Data connection; Connecting to a file; Excel files; Text files ; Connecting to a server; Tableau Server/Online; Common servers (MS SQL Server, Oracle, Redshift, MySQL); Other servers |
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Spatial filesJoin data easily; The Join principle; Join requirements and types; Join risks; Hands-on -- a first simple Join ; Union your data; A Union example; Simple transformations; Data Interpreter; Splitting a column; Pivot; Summary; Chapter 5: Build an Efficient Data Source; Understanding the Data Source; Data Sources elements; Data types; Generated information; Data Source options; Refresh a Data Source and deal with changes; How to refresh a Data Source; Deal with changes; Trivial cases; A used field is removed or renamed; Field customization and default properties |
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Field customization and optionsDefault properties; Comment; Color; Shape; Sort; Number format; Aggregation and total using; Hierarchies; Groups, Sets, and Bins; Groups; Sets; Bins; Summary; Chapter 6: Design Insightful Visualizations -- Part 1; Creating a visualization the automatic and manual way; Build a visualization the automatic way; Double-click; Show Me; Build a visualization the manual way; The different Mark types; Bar; Line; Area; Square; Circle; Shapes; Text ; Map; Pie; Gantt Bar; Polygon; Density; Mark properties; Color; Size; Label (Text); Detail; Tooltip; Shape; Path; Angle |
| Summary |
Tableau is one of the leading data visualization tools and regularly adds new functionalities to the product. This book will help you understand these new features with clear examples, and is also an excellent beginner's guide to start using Tableau in the most efficient way |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Oct. 16, 2018) |
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Tableau (Computer file) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014079610
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Tableau (Computer file) fast |
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Information display systems.
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Visual analytics -- Data processing
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Industrial management -- Data processing
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Data Display
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Operational research.
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Data capture & analysis.
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Information visualization.
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Enterprise software.
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COMPUTERS -- General.
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Visual analytics -- Data processing
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Industrial management -- Data processing
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Information display systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781788839976 |
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1788839978 |
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