Mastering Tableau. Smart Business Intelligence techniques to get maximum insights from your data Tychy

Tableau has emerged as one of the most popular Business Intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and interactive data visualization capabilities. This book will empower you to become a master in Tableau by exploiting the many new features introduced in Tableau 10.0.You will embark on this exciting journey by getting to know the valuable methods of utilizing advanced calculations to solve complex problems. These techniques include creative use of different types of calculations such as row-level, aggregate-level, and more. You will discover how almost any data visualization challenge can be met in Tableau by getting a proper understanding of the tool’s inner workings and creatively exploring possibilities. You’ll be armed with an arsenal of advanced chart types and techniques to enable you to efficiently and engagingly present information to a variety of audiences through the use of clear, efficient, and engaging dashboards. Explanations and examples of efficient and inefficient visualization techniques, well-designed and poorly designed dashboards, and compromise options when Tableau consumers will not embrace data visualization will build on your understanding of Tableau and how to use it efficiently.By the end of the book, you will be equipped with all the information you need to create effective dashboards and data visualization solutions using Tableau. Spis treści: 1. Getting Up to Speed – a Review of the Basics2. All about Data – Getting Your Data Ready3. All about Data – Joins, Blends, Views, and Data Structures4. All about Data – Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data5. Table Calculations6. Level of Detail Calculations7. Beyond the Basic Chart Types8. Mapping9. Tableau for Presentations10. Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design11. Improving Performance12. Interacting with Tableau Server13. R Integration