Jumpstart Tableau

A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Data Visualization

Nonfiction, Computers, Database Management, Data Processing, Application Software, Business Software, General Computing
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Author: Arshad Khan ISBN: 9781484219348
Publisher: Apress Publication: May 31, 2016
Imprint: Apress Language: English
Author: Arshad Khan
ISBN: 9781484219348
Publisher: Apress
Publication: May 31, 2016
Imprint: Apress
Language: English

Learn how to create powerful data visualizations easily and quickly.  You will develop reports and queries, and perform data analysis.

Jumpstart* Tableau *covers the basic reporting and analysis functions that most BI users perform in their day-to-day work. These include connecting to a data source, working with dimensions and measures, developing reports and charts, saving workbooks, filtering, swapping, sorting, formatting, grouping, creating hierarchies, forecasting, exporting, distributing, as well developing various chart types.

Each exercise in Jumpstart Tableau provides screenshots that cover every step from start to finish. The exercises are based on a comprehensive sample Excel-based data source that Tableau Software (version 9) has provided, which makes it very easy to duplicate the exercises on the real software.

This book teaches you to:

  • Execute each function in a step-by-step manner
  • Work up to more advanced and complex Tableau functionality
  • Integrate individual development of content, such as tables/charts and visualizations., onto a dashboard for an effective presentation

What You'll Learn

  • Connect to data sources
  • Develop reports
  • Create visualizations
  • Perform analysis functions (e.g., filtering, drilldown, sorting, grouping, forecasting, etc.)
  • Save visualizations in different formats and distribute them
  • Develop dashboards and their content

Who This Book Is For

Novice Tableau users, BI end users, as well as developers and business analysts. Also, students in university courses on dashboards and data visualization as well as BI and data analysis can quickly get up to speed with Tableau tools and use them for implementing the hands-on projects associated with these courses.

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Learn how to create powerful data visualizations easily and quickly.  You will develop reports and queries, and perform data analysis.

Jumpstart* Tableau *covers the basic reporting and analysis functions that most BI users perform in their day-to-day work. These include connecting to a data source, working with dimensions and measures, developing reports and charts, saving workbooks, filtering, swapping, sorting, formatting, grouping, creating hierarchies, forecasting, exporting, distributing, as well developing various chart types.

Each exercise in Jumpstart Tableau provides screenshots that cover every step from start to finish. The exercises are based on a comprehensive sample Excel-based data source that Tableau Software (version 9) has provided, which makes it very easy to duplicate the exercises on the real software.

This book teaches you to:

What You'll Learn

Who This Book Is For

Novice Tableau users, BI end users, as well as developers and business analysts. Also, students in university courses on dashboards and data visualization as well as BI and data analysis can quickly get up to speed with Tableau tools and use them for implementing the hands-on projects associated with these courses.

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