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Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

By : Dmitry Anoshin, Teodora Matic, Slaven Bogdanovic, Tania Lincoln, Dmitrii Shirokov
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Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

By: Dmitry Anoshin, Teodora Matic, Slaven Bogdanovic, Tania Lincoln, Dmitrii Shirokov

Overview of this book

Tableau has been one of the most popular business intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and interactive data visualization capabilities. Tableau 2019.x Cookbook is full of useful recipes from industry experts, who will help you master Tableau skills and learn each aspect of Tableau's ecosystem. This book is enriched with features such as Tableau extracts, Tableau advanced calculations, geospatial analysis, and building dashboards. It will guide you with exciting data manipulation, storytelling, advanced filtering, expert visualization, and forecasting techniques using real-world examples. From basic functionalities of Tableau to complex deployment on Linux, you will cover it all. Moreover, you will learn advanced features of Tableau using R, Python, and various APIs. You will learn how to prepare data for analysis using the latest Tableau Prep. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how Tableau fits the modern world of analytics and works with modern data platforms such as Snowflake and Redshift. In addition, you will learn about the best practices of integrating Tableau with ETL using Matillion ETL. By the end of the book, you will be ready to tackle business intelligence challenges using Tableau's features.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Introduction

Tableau Server is a core element of any analytical solution. It helps to share insights across organizations and allows end users to access enterprise data. It is secure and scalable. Moreover, the recently released Tableau Server is available on Windows and Linux.

It is good to know how Tableau licesing their Server. There are two options available:

  • User-based - you need license for every user who access Tableau Server. In addition, user based licnes has different options such as Viewer, Exploer and Creater.
  • Core-based - you license total number of cores for your entire Tableau Server implementation.

When you start to plan your Tableau Server implementation, you shoud start from planning hardware and licesnes based on business needs, such as:

  • How many users does your organization have?
  • How fast does your organization grow?
  • What is the level of Tableau knowledge...