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Mastering Tableau 2021

You're reading from   Mastering Tableau 2021 Implement advanced business intelligence techniques and analytics with Tableau

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800561649
Length 792 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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David Baldwin David Baldwin
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Marleen Meier Marleen Meier
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Up to Speed – A Review of the Basics 2. All About Data – Getting Your Data Ready FREE CHAPTER 3. Tableau Prep Builder 4. All About Data – Joins, Blends, and Data Structures 5. Table Calculations 6. All About Data – Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data 7. Level of Detail Calculations 8. Beyond the Basic Chart Types 9. Mapping 10. Tableau for Presentations 11. Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design 12. Advanced Analytics 13. Improving Performance 14. Interacting with Tableau Server/Online 15. Programming Tool Integration 16. Another Book You May Enjoy
17. Index

The Tableau Prep Builder GUI

User experience is an important topic, not only when you build a dashboard but also when you use other aspects of Tableau. One of the biggest selling points of Tableau is and has always been the ease of using the GUI, and is only one of the reasons Tableau is a much-loved tool by its customers.

The Tableau Prep Builder GUI has two important canvases to look at. Right after you have connected data to Tableau Prep Builder, the workspace will split into several parts:

Figure 3.4: Prep workspace sections

Let's look at what we can see from the preceding screenshot:

  • A: The connection pane, showing you the input files available at the location selected.
  • B: The flow pane, which shows your current Prep flow. This always starts with an input step.
  • C: The input pane settings, which give you several options to configure your input.
  • D: The input pane samples, showing the fields you moved to the connection pane, including...
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