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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

Join data easily

A join creates a data source with columns coming from two (or more) tables. How can you create them? Are there risks? You'll learn everything in this section.

The join principle

So far, we've only used one table. A join is automatically created when you drag and drop another table next to an existing one in the data source workplace. There is always a left-hand table and a right-hand table. In the following screenshot, you can see a join between Orders (the left-hand table), and People (the right-hand table):

The result of a join is a data source that contains the columns from the different joined tables. As highlighted in the screenshot, you can see that the Profit column comes from the Orders table, and the Person column comes from the People table:

There are four different types of join. We will discover these in the next section.

Join requirements and types

To create a join between two tables, you need at least one column in each table that contains the same values...

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