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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

Interacting with published Contents


Publishing your Workbooks and Data Sources presents many advantages. Tableau Server users can interact with your Content, and you can interact with someone else's Content.

Let's start by discovering all the options you have when you open a published Workbook on Tableau. 

Interacting with published Workbooks

When you click on a Workbook on Tableau Server, you can see all its Views (Worksheets, Dashboards, and Stories). Then, when you click on a View, Tableau Server opens it in reader mode. You cannot modify it, but you can use the Filters, Highlighters, Parameters, and Actions, and see the Tooltips.

Above the visualization, there is a special toolbar with some new features, only available on Tableau Server. The left part, not very interesting even if useful, allows you to undo, redo, or revert all your actions, and refresh or pause the Data Source. You won't use that part much. However, the right part of the toolbar, displayed in the following screenshot, is...