Chapter 6. Design Insightful Visualizations
Finally! Visualization! I know it was tempting to skip the last few chapters and start here, but everything you learned earlier is crucial. That's not because you won't be able to understand this chapter, but because you'll miss an essential part of what Tableau can do for you.
Creating visualizations is the core of Tableau and there is a lot to say! In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- Creating visualization
- Mark types
- Mark properties
- Using multiple measures
- Filters
- Pages
- Options and formats
In this chapter, we'll primarily use Tableau's Sample - Superstore saved data source for our examples. You can find it on the first page when you open Tableau, in the bottom-left of the screen:
All you need to do is to simply click on it, and then you're ready. The data source is based on the Sample -Superstore Excel file and uses many of the features that we saw in Chapter 5, Building an Efficient Data Source...
