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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

Chapter 11. Analytics and Parameters

Analysis and Parameters are two significant and easy ways to enhance your work. Analysis tools add new insights, such as Trend Line, Forecast, or Cluster, that are just one drag and drop away. With Parameters, you'll discover a new way of bringing interactivity to your visualization with user inputs.

In this chapter, we'll go through the following different sections:

  • Using built-in Analytics tools
  • How to work with Parameters
  • Creating a year-on-year comparison

If you went through all the chapters prior to this one, you know what Data Source we'll use! If this is the first chapter you are reading, all the examples and guided tutorial can be reproduced with the Sample-Superstore Data Source, which you can find on the first page when opening Tableau.