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The Tableau Workshop

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

Introduction

Thus far, you have prepared, imported, and manipulated data for your visualizations. Considering that Tableau is a business intelligence and visualization tool, it is natural to now start creating your first charts. Before you can do this, however, (and certainly before you can create more advanced charts as you will in Chapter 5, Data Exploration: Distribution and Relationships), you must first learn the ins and out of creating charts.

For this reason, you'll only be creating some basic charts initially, and then eventually work through some intermediate-level charts, such as tree maps and bar-in-bar charts. The goal for this chapter is to be able to answer questions such as "How much profit was generated in sales by each sub-category in a specific year?," which is basically asking "How much of your total sales was generated by each sub-category?" In doing so, this chapter also teaches you how to remove complex terminology and communicate...