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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

Enhancing data storytelling with animation

Beyond providing analytical insight as you perform your data discovery and analysis, you can also leverage animation to more effectively drive interest and highlight decision points, opportunities, or risks in your data stories.

As an example, consider this view in the Chapter 10 workbook:

Figure 10.14: O2 Tank 1 and 2 pressure readings over time during the Apollo 13 mission

The view tells a part of the story of Apollo 13 and the disaster that crippled the spacecraft. It does this by making use of both the Pages shelf and smooth animation. Experiment with the animation speed and playback controls in the Chapter 10 workbook. Consider how animation can be used to heighten awareness, drive interest, or even create suspense.

When you use multiple views on a dashboard, each having the same combination of fields on the Pages shelf, you can synchronize the playback controls (using the caret drop-down menu on the playback...