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Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

By : Tristan Guillevin
Book Image

Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

By: Tristan Guillevin

Overview of this book

Tableau is one of the leading business intelligence tools used worldwide, in organizations of every scale. In its latest release, Tableau 2018 promises richer and more useful features related to visual analytics, reporting, dashboarding, and a host of other data visualization aspects. Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x will get you up and running with these features. The book starts with all the new functionalities of the different Tableau 2018 versions, along with concrete examples of how to use them. However, if you're new to Tableau, don't worry! The rest of the book will guide you through each major aspect of Tableau with examples. You'll learn how to connect to data, build a data source, visualize your data, build a dashboard, and share it online. In the final chapters, you'll also learn advanced techniques such as creating a cross-database join, data blending, and more. By the end of the book, you will have a firm understanding of how to effectively use Tableau to create quick, cost-effective, and business-efficient business intelligence solutions.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Catching Up with Tableau 2018
Index

Creating a Story


Stories in Tableau are often misused. They're designed for data storytelling, to control what the users will discover, in which order, and to add annotations and explanations while the Story goes on. Do not add a Story to use it as a menu to navigate between the Dashboard. For that, you have the Buttons object and the Go to Sheet Action.

To add a Story, you can either click on the icon at the bottom right, click on New Story from the Story top menu, or use the New Story button in the toolbar, highlighted in the following screenshot:

The Story workplace is quite similar to the Dashboard one. You'll find a central blank part where you can drop Worksheets and Dashboards. Again, modifying the Dashboards or Worksheets will impact the Story. On the left pane, you can also find two tabs: Story and Layout.

The main difference with Dashboards is the Story points. A Story is usually composed of multiple Story points. Each of them can contain only one Worksheet or one Dashboard. Here...