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Learning Tableau 2019

Learning Tableau 2019

By : Joshua N. Milligan
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Learning Tableau 2019

Learning Tableau 2019

4.6 (7)
By: Joshua N. Milligan

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: Tableau Foundations
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Section 2: Leveraging the Full Power of Tableau
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Digging Deeper - Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting
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Section 3: Data Prep and Structuring
14
Section 4: Advanced Techniques and Sharing with Others

Comparing values

Often, you will want to compare the differences between measured values across different categories. You might find yourself asking the following questions:

  • How many customers did each store serve?
  • How much energy did each wind farm produce?
  • How many patients did each doctor see?

In each case, you are looking to make a comparison (among stores, wind farms, or doctors) in terms of some quantitative measurement (number of customers, megawatts of electricity, and patient).

Bar charts

Here is a simple bar chart, similar to the one we built in Chapter 1, Taking Off with Tableau:

This bar chart makes it easy to compare the number of patient visits between various departments in the hospital. As a dimension, Department...

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