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Mastering Tableau

By : David Baldwin
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Mastering Tableau

By: David Baldwin

Overview of this book

Tableau has emerged as one of the most popular Business Intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and interactive data visualization capabilities. This book will empower you to become a master in Tableau by exploiting the many new features introduced in Tableau 10.0. You will embark on this exciting journey by getting to know the valuable methods of utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems. These techniques include creative use of different types of calculations such as row-level, aggregate-level, and more. You will discover how almost any data visualization challenge can be met in Tableau by getting a proper understanding of the tool’s inner workings and creatively exploring possibilities. You’ll be armed with an arsenal of advanced chart types and techniques to enable you to efficiently and engagingly present information to a variety of audiences through the use of clear, efficient, and engaging dashboards. Explanations and examples of efficient and inefficient visualization techniques, well-designed and poorly designed dashboards, and compromise options when Tableau consumers will not embrace data visualization will build on your understanding of Tableau and how to use it efficiently. By the end of the book, you will be equipped with all the information you need to create effective dashboards and data visualization solutions using Tableau.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Tableau
Credits
About the Author
www.Packtpub.com
Preface

Summary


We began this chapter by considering theory on visualization design. We considered formatting rules, color rules, and rules about which visualization types to use and which to avoid. We also considered how to compromise when contradictory design goals are expressed by end users.

Next, we discussed dashboard design principles. We covered three popular layouts: Golden Rectangle, Quad, and Small Multiple.

Lastly, we considered how to use sheet selection techniques as an ally in good design. Specifically, we considered how to allow the end user to choose which visualization type to view and how to hide and display filters so as to make the best use of screen real estate.

In the next chapter, we will turn our attention to Tableau Server, where we learn how to build workbooks that perform well, have an efficient footprint, and are easy to maintain.