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Learning Tableau 2020 - Fourth Edition

By : Joshua N. Milligan
Book Image

Learning Tableau 2020 - Fourth Edition

By: Joshua N. Milligan

Overview of this book

Learning Tableau strengthens your command on Tableau fundamentals and builds on advanced topics. The book starts by taking you through foundational principles of Tableau. We then demonstrate various types of connections and how to work with metadata. We teach you to use a wide variety of visualizations to analyze and communicate the data, and introduce you to calculations and parameters. We then take an in-depth look at level of detail (LOD) expressions and use them to solve complex data challenges. Up next, we show table calculations, how to extend and alter default visualizations, build an interactive dashboard, and master the art of telling stories with data. This Tableau book will introduce you to visual statistical analytics capabilities, create different types of visualizations and dynamic dashboards for rich user experiences. We then move on to maps and geospatial visualization, and the new Data Model capabilities introduced in Tableau 2020.2. You will further use Tableau Prep’s ability to clean and structure data and share the stories contained in your data. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in implementing the powerful features of Tableau 2020 for decision-making.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
9
Visual Analytics – Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting
17
Other Books You May Enjoy
18
Index

Tableau mapping – tips and tricks

There are a few other tips to consider when working with geographic visualizations:

Use the top menu to select Map | Map Layers for numerous options for what layers of background to show as part of the map.

  • Other options for zooming include using the mouse wheel, double-clicking, Shift + Alt + click, and Shift + Alt + Ctrl + click.
  • You can click and hold for a few seconds to switch to pan mode.
  • You can show or hide the zoom controls and/or map search by right-clicking the map and selecting the appropriate option.
  • Zoom controls can be shown on any visualization type that uses an axis.
  • The pushpin on the zoom controls alternately returns the map to the best fit of visible data or locks the current zoom and location.
  • You can create a dual-axis map by duplicating (Ctrl + drag/drop) either the Longitude on Columns or Latitude on Rows and then using the field's drop-down menu to select Dual Axis....