Book Image

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)
18
Other Books You May Enjoy
19
Index

Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features

Up until now, we’ve seen examples of maps and geospatial visualizations that leverage some of the basic functionality of Tableau. In this chapter, we’ll embark on a journey to uncover the vast range of mapping and geospatial features available. From using the built-in geospatial database and supplementing it with additional data and spatial files to using advanced geospatial functions, we’ll explore what’s possible with Tableau.

As we’ve done previously, this chapter will approach the concepts through some practical examples. These examples will span various industries, including real estate, transportation, and healthcare. As always, these examples are broadly applicable, and you’ll discover many ways to leverage your data and uncover answers in the spatial patterns you’ll find.

In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:

  • Overview of Tableau maps
  • ...