Another very helpful tool when it comes to 'Beyond the Basic Chart Types' is the Tableau Extensions API, which was released for public in 2018. What does the Extensions API do? Basically, it allows you to use third-party tools directly in Tableau. Some selected extensions are available here: https://extensiongallery.tableau.com. Let's have a look at one example from Infotopics.
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Table Of Contents
Mastering Tableau 2019.1 - Second Edition
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Mastering Tableau 2019.1
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Overview of this book
Tableau is one of the leading business intelligence (BI) tools used to solve BI and analytics challenges. With this book, you will master Tableau's features and offerings in various paradigms of the BI domain.
This book is also the second edition of the popular Mastering Tableau series, with new features, examples, and updated code. The book covers essential Tableau concepts and its advanced functionalities. Using Tableau Hyper and Tableau Prep, you’ll be able to handle and prepare data easily. You’ll gear up to perform complex joins, spatial joins, union, and data blending tasks using practical examples. Following this, you’ll learn how to perform data densification to make displaying granular data easier. Next, you’ll explore expert-level examples to help you with advanced calculations, mapping, and visual design using various Tableau extensions. With the help of examples, you’ll also learn about improving dashboard performance, connecting Tableau Server, and understanding data visualizations. In the final chapters, you’ll cover advanced use cases such as Self-Service Analytics, Time Series Analytics, and Geo-Spatial Analytics, and learn to connect Tableau to R, Python, and MATLAB.
By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered the advanced offerings of Tableau and be able to tackle common and not-so-common challenges faced in the BI domain.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Preface
Getting Up to Speed - A Review of the Basics
All About Data - Getting Your Data Ready
Tableau Prep
All About Data - Joins, Blends, and Data Structures
All About Data - Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data
Table Calculations
Level of Detail Calculations
Section 2: Advanced Calculations, Mapping, Visualizations
Beyond the Basic Chart Types
Mapping
Tableau for Presentations
Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design
Advanced Analytics
Improving Performance
Section 3: Connecting Tableau to R, Python, and Matlab
Interacting with Tableau Server
Programming Tool Integration
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