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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 8. Create Powerful Dashboards and Stories

A Dashboard is a composition of multiple Worksheets but also other objects, such as Container, Text, and Image. The goal of a Dashboard is to provide insights on a regular basis, with each update. A Story is a composition of Worksheets and Dashboards. You can use a Story to do a presentation, or if you've found an interesting story in your data and you want to tell it with Story points and captions.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Dashboard basics
  • Tiled, Floating, and Container Layouts
  • Dashboard Actions
  • Create a Story

Before starting with the Dashboard basics, let's configure our work environment.