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Learning Tableau 2022 - Fifth Edition

By : Joshua N. Milligan
Book Image

Learning Tableau 2022 - Fifth Edition

By: Joshua N. Milligan

Overview of this book

Learning Tableau 2022 helps you get started with Tableau and data visualization, but it does more than just cover the basic principles. It helps you understand how to analyze and communicate data visually, and articulate data stories using advanced features. This new edition is updated with Tableau’s latest features, such as dashboard extensions, Explain Data, and integration with CRM Analytics (Einstein Analytics), which will help you harness the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive modeling in Tableau. After an exploration of the core principles, this book will teach you how to use table and level of detail calculations to extend and alter default visualizations, build interactive dashboards, and master the art of telling stories with data. You’ll learn about visual statistical analytics and create different types of static and animated visualizations and dashboards for rich user experiences. We then move on to interlinking different data sources with Tableau’s Data Model capabilities, along with maps and geospatial visualization. You will further use Tableau Prep Builder’s ability to efficiently clean and structure data. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in implementing the powerful features of Tableau 2022 to improve the business intelligence insights you can extract from your data.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Index

Slope charts and bump charts

A slope chart shows a change of values from one period or status to another. For example, here is a slope chart demonstrating the change in sales rank for each state in the South region from 2016 to 2017:

Figure 10.1: A slope chart is useful to compare the change of rank or absolute values from one period or status to another

Here are some features and techniques used to create the preceding slope chart:

  • The table calculation Rank(SUM(Sales)) is computed by (addressed by) State, meaning that each state is ranked within the partition of a single year.
  • Grid Lines and Zero Lines for Rows have been set to None.
  • The axis has been reversed (right-click the axis and select Edit, then check the option to reverse). This allows rank #1 to appear at the top and lower ranks to appear in descending order.
  • The axis has been hidden (right-click the axis and uncheck Show Header).
  • Labels have been edited (by clicking on Label...