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Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838689
Pages 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Tristan Guillevin Tristan Guillevin
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Tristan Guillevin is a Business Analyst at Ogury. In 2017, he won the Iron Viz - the ultimate data visualization battle, organized by Tableau every year in Las Vegas. His passion for data visualization and for Tableau has taken him around the world. He enjoys helping people with Tableau by making webinars, conferences, and writing blog articles.
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Catching Up with Tableau 2018 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 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Connect to data

For this first guided tutorial, we are using the Tableau iconic dataset: Sample-Superstore. This dataset is an Excel file about supermarket sales in the United States, contained in your Tableau repository folder. It's easy to understand and use. The Excel file is composed of three sheets: Orders, People, and Returns.

When you open Tableau, on the left, in the Connect area, click on Microsoft Excel:

  • If you're a Mac user, navigate to Documents | My Tableau Repository | Data Source | [Your Tableau Version] | en_US-US and open the file named Sample - Superstore.xls
  • If you're a Windows user, go to My Documents | My Tableau Repository | Data Source | [Your Tableau Version] | en_US-US and open the file named Sample - Superstore.xls

Note

If you can't find the file, you can download it from the Chapter 3: A First Dashboard and Exploration section on my website: book.ladataviz.com or by using this direct link: https://ladataviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Sample-Superstore.xlsx. Then...

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Profile icon Tristan Guillevin
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Tristan Guillevin is a Business Analyst at Ogury. In 2017, he won the Iron Viz - the ultimate data visualization battle, organized by Tableau every year in Las Vegas. His passion for data visualization and for Tableau has taken him around the world. He enjoys helping people with Tableau by making webinars, conferences, and writing blog articles.
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