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Data Visualization with Tableau [Video]

By : Seema Acharya
Book Image

Data Visualization with Tableau [Video]

By: Seema Acharya

Overview of this book

Tableau is one of the fastest evolving Business Intelligence (BI) and data visualization tools. Data Visualization with Tableau helps your insights come compellingly alive and communicates complex ideas simply. Expressive visualization enables you to get beyond static charts to create multi-faceted views of data and explore every dimension. The rise of big data and the growing public awareness of its power has made this the moment for data visualization. Data visualization is changing the way the world looks at data. Tableau is a Data Visualization tool for molding information into various visuals. This course gives an overview of the fundamentals, from normal computations to implementations of various concepts such as Integrating Tableau with R, advanced graphs, and formatting visualizations. This video course takes you on a journey in which you'll master data visualization using Tableau by getting to know valuable methods for utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems. These techniques include the creative use of different types of calculation such as row-level, aggregate-level, and more. You will discover how almost any data visualization challenge can be met in Tableau by a proper understanding of the tool's inner workings and creatively exploring its possibilities. By the end of the course you will be equipped for success as a Data Analyst: you will be able to create effective dashboards and data visualization solutions using Tableau.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Chapter 6
Table Calculation
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Section 5
Computing "Year on Year Growth"
The aim of this video is to compute the year on year growth using the measure, “Sales”. - Use the dimension – Order Date on the Columns shelf - Use the measure Sales on the Rows shelf - Apply the table calculation, “Percent Difference From” to the measure Sales