Preface

Tableau is one of the leading business intelligence (BI) tools used to solve data analysis challenges. With this book, you will master Tableau's features and offerings in various paradigms of the BI domain.

Updated with fresh topics and the newest Tableau Server features, including relationships, Quick Level of Detail (LOD) expressions, Einstein Discovery, and more, this book covers essential Tableau concepts and advanced functionalities. Leveraging Tableau Hyper files and using Prep Builder, you'll be able to perform data preparation and handling easily. You'll gear up to perform complex joins, spatial joins, unions, and data blending tasks using practical examples. Following this, you'll learn how to use data densification, and consider how to use Tableau extensions to help you with calculations, mapping, and visual design. You'll cover advanced use cases such as self-service analysis, time series analysis, and geo-spatial analysis, before moving on to improving dashboard performance and connecting to Tableau Server with expert-level examples. Finally, you'll connect to and implement Python and R within Tableau, to achieve things that are impossible with Tableau's native functionalities alone.

By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have mastered the advanced offerings of Tableau 2021 and be able to tackle common and advanced BI challenges.