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Learning Tableau 2025

Learning Tableau 2025 - Sixth Edition

By : Joshua N. Milligan
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Learning Tableau 2025

Learning Tableau 2025

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By: Joshua N. Milligan

Overview of this book

Tableau 2025 marks a new era in data visualization and analysis, bringing together advanced AI integrations and dynamic user experiences. This sixth edition, written by Tableau Visionary and Zen Master Joshua Miligan, is an end-to-end guide to mastering the latest innovations in Tableau that transform raw data into actionable insights. This edition introduces groundbreaking features like Tableau AI (including Tableau Pulse and Tableau Agent), enhancing your analytical capabilities with AI-driven data exploration and automated insights. With detailed walkthroughs, you’ll learn to build dynamic dashboards that respond to your data in real time and work with sophisticated AI functionalities that predict trends and model scenarios. Whether you're a seasoned data professional or new to Tableau, this book provides the tools you need to leverage Tableau’s full potential. From integrating diverse data sources using the enhanced data model to employing advanced geospatial functions for detailed mapping, every chapter is packed with expert knowledge and practical applications designed to put powerful analytics at your fingertips. *Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
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AI-Assisted Analysis: Tableau Agent and Tableau Pulse
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Adding value to visualizations

Now that we’ve considered how formatting works in Tableau, let’s look at some ways in which formatting can add value to a visualization.

When you apply custom formatting, always ask yourself what the formatting adds to the understanding of the data. Is it making the visualization clearer and easier to understand? Or is it just adding clutter and noise?

In general, try a minimalistic approach. Remove everything from the visualization that isn’t necessary. Emphasize important values, text, and marks, while de-emphasizing those that are only providing support or context.

Consider the following visualization, all using default formatting:

Figure 7.18: The default formatting is often great for data discovery and quick analysis but may be more cluttered than desired for clearly communicating and emphasizing the data story to others

The default format works fairly well, but compare that to this visualization:

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