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Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2

Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2

By : Tristan Guillevin
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Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2

Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2

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By: Tristan Guillevin

Overview of this book

Tableau is one of the leading data visualization tools and is regularly updated with new functionalities and features. The latest release, Tableau 2019.2, promises new and advanced features related to visual analytics, reporting, dashboarding, and a host of other data visualization aspects. Getting Started with Tableau 2019.2 will get you up to speed with these additional functionalities. The book starts by highlighting the new functionalities of Tableau 2019.2, providing concrete examples of how to use them. However, if you're new to Tableau, you won't have to worry as the book also covers the major aspects of Tableau with relevant examples. You'll learn how to connect to data, build a data source, visualize your data, build a dashboard, and even share data online. In the concluding chapters, you'll delve into advanced techniques such as creating a cross-database join and data blending. By the end of this book, you will be able to use Tableau effectively to create quick, cost-effective, and business-efficient Business Intelligence (BI) solutions.
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Index

Creating a year-on-year comparator

To create a year-on-year comparator, you need to combine everything that we have seen previously: Calculated Field, Reference Line, and Parameter.

Your mission (if you accept it) is to build a visualization where you can see the profit by region of a selected year compared to the previous year with a Reference Line. The Color also helps you to quickly spot the regions where the profit is lower than in the previous year. Here's the final result:

Quite impressive, isn't it? Let's build it! Follow this tutorial to learn how to do this:

  1. Create a new Parameter and name it Select a year. Configure it as an Integer with a list of allowable values. The list is composed of four values: 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
  2. If you want to make it perfect, you can change the display of the values to remove the thousand.
  3. Choose 2018 as the Current value.

    Your Parameter configuration window should look like this:

    Creating a year-on-year comparator
  4. Display your Parameter (right-click on it and select Show...
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