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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

Interacting with published content

Publishing your workbooks and data source presents many more advantages than just sharing them. Tableau Server has many awesome functionalities that are only available online.

If you published the World Indicators data source and workbook in the World Indicators Tutorial project, you should see something similar to the following screenshot in your server:

Let's start by discovering all the options you have when you interact with a data source. First, click on the World Indicators data source!

Interacting with published data sources

When you click on a data source on Tableau Server, you open a new page with four different tabs. Three of them are quite simple:

  • Connections: Here, you can see the different connections of your data source with the ability to edit the information if it is connected to a server.
  • Extract Refreshes: Here, you'll find here the scheduled refreshes planned for your data source, with the ability to create a new refresh.
  • Connected...
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