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Learning Tableau 2022 - Fifth Edition

By : Joshua N. Milligan
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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

Integrating Advanced Features: Extensions, Scripts, and AI

So far, everything we’ve covered in this book has been focused on features of Tableau that work “out of the box.” And these features are very powerful! However, Tableau is also incredibly flexible, and you can extend the functionality greatly through extensions, custom scripts (such as Python or R), and even by integrating AI through Tableau CRM Analytics (formerly Einstein Analytics) in Tableau!

As in other chapters, we’ll cover both concepts and practical examples. Many of the more advanced examples will require setting up your environment to run external repositories, services, and platforms such as a web server or SDK (Software Development Kit). It is outside the scope of this book to provide in-depth instructions on how to set up these components and the exact steps may change over time.

Instead, you will be directed to the appropriate resources and documentation to set up any additional...