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Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook

By : Ashutosh Nandeshwar
Book Image

Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook

By: Ashutosh Nandeshwar

Overview of this book

<p>You know the feeling when you are asked to change or add a certain data point in your graph at the last minute. Usually, you have to scramble to complete the project and risk accuracy; this is not so with Tableau, however. Tableau is a revolutionary toolkit that lets you simply and effectively create high quality data visualizations.</p> <p>"Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook" will show you the exact steps required to generate simple to complex graphics. Whether they are pie charts or box plots, you can create such graphics with ease and confidence; no more searching for scripts or laborious Excel hacks. This book will help you make the most of Tableau and show you how to finish your projects quicker using this toolkit.<br />In this book you’ll start with getting your data into Tableau, move onto generating progressively complex graphics, and end with the finishing touches and packaging your work for distribution.</p> <p>This book is filled with practical recipes to help you create filled maps, use custom markers, add slider selectors, and create dashboards. You will learn how to manipulate data in various ways by applying various filters, logic, and calculating various aggregate measures. Then, we will create animated graphs and provide search box and drop-down selectors to users. This book will help you to create stunning graphics in very short amount of time.</p> <p>If you want to effortlessly create beautiful visualizations of data then "Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook" is for you!</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating Gantt charts


Gantt charts are most commonly used in project management as these charts show various activities and tasks with the time required to complete those tasks. Gantt charts are even more useful when they show dependencies among various tasks. This type of chart is very helpful when the number of activities is low (around 20-30), otherwise the chart becomes too big to be understood easily.

Getting ready

Let's use the sample file Sample – Superstore Sales (Excel). Open a new worksheet and select Sample – Superstore Sales (Excel) as the data source.

How to do it...

Once the data is loaded, perform the following steps to create a Gantt chart:

  1. Click on Analysis from the top menu toolbar, and if Aggregate Measures is checked, click on it again to uncheck that option.

  2. Click on the Show Me button to bring the Show Me toolbar on the screen.

  3. While holding the Ctrl key, click on Order Date and Category (under Products) from Dimensions and Time to Ship from Measures.

  4. Click on the Gantt chart...