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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)

Deploying Tableau Server in Windows

In this recipe, we will learn how to self-deploy Tableau Server on AWS using Windows. Self-deploy offers the most flexibility in security, scaling, and capacity. Also, the total cost of ownership and the amount of time to deploy in the cloud versus on-premise solutions should be much less.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, please have an AWS account and the Tableau Server product key.

For a single production instance, please be prepared to build an EC2 instance using the recommended resource requirements:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit or Windows Server 2016, 64-bit
  • 16+ vCPU
  • 64+ GB RAM (4 GB RAM per vCPU)
  • 30-50 GB for the the OS
  • 100+ GB for Tableau Server
  • EBS Storage type (SSD (gp2...