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The Tableau Workshop

By : Sumit Gupta, Sylvester Pinto, Shweta Sankhe-Savale, JC Gillet, Kenneth Michael Cherven
Book Image

The Tableau Workshop

By: Sumit Gupta, Sylvester Pinto, Shweta Sankhe-Savale, JC Gillet, Kenneth Michael Cherven

Overview of this book

Learning Tableau has never been easier, thanks to this practical introduction to storytelling with data. The Tableau Workshop breaks down the analytical process into five steps: data preparation, data exploration, data analysis, interactivity, and distribution of dashboards. Each stage is addressed with a clear walkthrough of the key tools and techniques you'll need, as well as engaging real-world examples, meaningful data, and practical exercises to give you valuable hands-on experience. As you work through the book, you'll learn Tableau step by step, studying how to clean, shape, and combine data, as well as how to choose the most suitable charts for any given scenario. You'll load data from various sources and formats, perform data engineering to create new data that delivers deeper insights, and create interactive dashboards that engage end-users. All concepts are introduced with clear, simple explanations and demonstrated through realistic example scenarios. You'll simulate real-world data science projects with use cases such as traffic violations, urban populations, coffee store sales, and air travel delays. By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have the skills and knowledge to confidently present analytical results and make data-driven decisions.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface

Summary

This chapter covered the design and development of dashboards and storyboards, two essential tools for Tableau designers and users. Dashboards continue to be a critical component of the Tableau experience, with thousands of companies and organizations using them to communicate insights to executives, managers, and analysts.

Before you decided to create our first dashboard, you reviewed best practices for creating a dashboard and how size, color, and placement play an important role in dashboard development as well as the readability aspect of the dashboard. Later, you walked through each of the dashboard elements/objects and provided an example of how those objects work before you switched gears and started creating dashboards.

In our first Coffee Chain Sales Analysis dashboard, you used concepts learned previously to create the Selecting Your Metric parameter, learned how to divide your dashboard into sections, saw some tips and tricks for best placing the objects...