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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

The main role of any business is bringing value to its customers, employees, and stakeholders. Every group needs to own a unique value, for example, stakeholders are interested in revenue growth and meeting KPIs. On the other hand, customers are expecting high-quality services and products.

In order to drive value, businesses need managers and employees to make the right decisions. They require clean and accurate data that enables sound decision-making and allows them to generate value for everyone.

Modern businesses generate tremendous volumes of data. Some data is available in data warehouses, some in online Transaction processing (OLTP) system, and some in third-party marketing applications. Tableau is a powerful tool that allows us to explore and visualize all this data, but sometimes it isn't enough. In some cases, data should be clean and transformed before...