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Data Modeling with Tableau

By : Kirk Munroe
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Data Modeling with Tableau

By: Kirk Munroe

Overview of this book

Tableau is unlike most other BI platforms that have a single data modeling tool and enterprise data model (for example, LookML from Google’s Looker). That doesn’t mean Tableau doesn’t have enterprise data governance; it is both robust and highly flexible. This book will help you effectively use Tableau governance models to build a data-driven organization. Data Modeling with Tableau is an extensive guide, complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and hands-on exercises. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn the role that Tableau Prep Builder and Tableau Desktop each play in data modeling. You’ll also explore the components of Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud that make data modeling more robust, secure, and performant. Moreover, by extending data models for Ask and Explain Data, you’ll gain the knowledge required to extend analytics to more people in their organizations, leading to better data-driven decisions. Finally, this book will guide you through the entire Tableau stack and the techniques required to build the right level of governance into Tableau data models for the correct use cases. By the end of this Tableau book, you’ll have a firm understanding of how to leverage data modeling in Tableau to benefit your organization.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Data Modeling on the Tableau Platform
4
Part 2: Tableau Prep Builder for Data Modeling
9
Part 3: Tableau Desktop for Data Modeling
14
Part 4: Data Modeling with Tableau Server and Online

Tableau Data Management

Starting with the 2019.3 release, Tableau enhanced Data Management capabilities with the introduction of Tableau Prep Conductor and Tableau Catalog. Since the initial release of Data Management, Tableau has continued to add and enhance capabilities. The virtual connections functions we mentioned in the first part of this chapter are an example. These Data Management features require additional licensing costs.

It is important to understand this product add-on as it enables some of the Data Management functions that layer onto the modeling capabilities we will learn about in this book. As it is a set of bundled features that are licensed on top of user roles, you might not have these capabilities available to you if your organization has not purchased Data Management licenses. To get access to these features, you can download a 14-day free trial of Tableau Cloud with Data Management enabled, as described in the Technical requirements section in Chapter 1.

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