Mastering Tableau: Smart Business Intelligence techniques to get maximum insights from your data - Softcover

Baldwin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784397695 ISBN 13: 9781784397692

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Mastering Tableau will help you improve your Tableau skills by providing:

• A quick primer to refresh your skills and ensure a sound foundation
• An understanding of how to effectively structure data for best results in Tableau
• Techniques for using Tableau to explore and cleanse data
• A deep dive into Table calculations and LOD calculations
• Insight on various visualization types, how to build them,and when to use them
• Mapping techniques both native and external to Tableau
• Guidance on effective and advanced dashboarding
• Instruction on using Tableau as an effective presentation tool - with or without PowerPoint
• Techniques for improving performance
• Best practices for interfacing with Tableau Server
• A basic understanding of integrating effectively with R

About this title

About the Author

David Baldwin has provided consulting in the business intelligence sector for 17 years. His experience includes Tableau training and consulting, developing BI solutions, project management, technical writing, and the web and graphic design. His vertical experience includes financial, healthcare, human resource, aerospace, energy, education, government, and entertainment industries. As a Tableau trainer and consultant, David enjoys serving a variety of clients throughout the USA. Tableau provides David a platform that collates his broad experience into a skill set that can service a diverse client base.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784397695
• ISBN 13: 9781784397692
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 476