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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

Tableau Dashboard Extensions

In Chapter 8, Telling a Data Story with Dashboards, we observed that the Dashboard Extension object was one of many objects that can be added to a dashboard. Now we’ll consider the details of what an extension is, how to use extensions, and even how to create a dashboard extension.

What Is a Dashboard Extension?

A Tableau Dashboard Extension, also known simply as a Dashboard Extension, is a web application that integrates into a dashboard, providing extended capabilities beyond the built-in features of Tableau. Extensions can perform many functions on a dashboard, such as providing an interface for user input, rendering graphical feedback, and integrating external applications.

Whether you will simply be using extensions or are interested in developing your own, it is important to understand how dashboard extensions work. Obviously, if you will be developing extensions, you will need a deeper understanding! Take a moment to examine the...