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Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

You're reading from   Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x Get up and running with the new features of Tableau 2018 for impactful data visualization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838689
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David Pires David Pires
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Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
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Preface 1. Catching Up with Tableau 2018 FREE CHAPTER 2. The Tableau Core 3. A First Dashboard and Exploration 4. Connect to Data and Simple Transformations 5. Build an Efficient Data Source 6. Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 1 7. Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 2 8. Create Powerful Dashboards and Stories 9. Publish and Interact in Tableau Server 10. An Introduction to Calculations 11. Analytics and Parameters 12. Advanced Data Connections 13. Deal with Security 14. How to Keep Growing Your Skills 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Before we start

For this chapter, we'll use the saved Data Source, Sample-Superstore, again. As the focus is on the Dashboard, the examples will start as if three Worksheets were already built. The Worksheets are the following:

  • Sales and Profit by Sub-Category: Sub-Category in Rows, Sales in Columns, and Profit in Color, as illustrated here:

  • Profit Evolution: Continuous Quarter of Order Date in Columns and Profit in Rows, as illustrated here:

  • Profit by State: A Map of each State with Profit in Color, as illustrated here:

You can download the ZIP file Dashboard Start from the Chapter 8: Create Powerful Dashboards and Stories section of my website, book.ladataviz.com (or, browse to https://ladataviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Dashboard-Start.twbx_.zip). When you unzip...

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