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Published inMar 2021
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Hendrik Kleine
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Hendrik Kleine is an advanced analytics leader with 15 years of experience in the analytics space, including in data architecture, engineering, and visualization. He specializes in translating vast amounts of data into easy-to-understand visual communications that provide actionable intelligence. He is an avid innovator and a listed author of multiple data-related inventions. Before COVID-19, he was a speaker at the most recent Tableau conference in San Francisco.
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Expanding datasets using a not inner join

In this chapter, we have assumed in all join-related recipes that there was an overlap between two data sources. However, for analysis purposes, you may be interested in what data is not overlapping, so that you can take action appropriately.

Using the same data as we've used in the Expanding datasets using a full outer join recipe, where we have a data source with projects, and another data source with project staff, we may change our use case to focus solely on data that does not overlap. That is, we are only interested in projects without staff assigned to them, or staff members not currently assigned to work on any project.

Getting ready

To follow along with this recipe, download the Sample Files 5.6 folder from this book's GitHub repository.

How to do it…

Start by opening Tableau Prep and perform the following steps to create a not inner join:

  1. Connect to the Projects.xlsx Excel file in order to create...
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Published in: Mar 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781800563766

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Hendrik Kleine

Hendrik Kleine is an advanced analytics leader with 15 years of experience in the analytics space, including in data architecture, engineering, and visualization. He specializes in translating vast amounts of data into easy-to-understand visual communications that provide actionable intelligence. He is an avid innovator and a listed author of multiple data-related inventions. Before COVID-19, he was a speaker at the most recent Tableau conference in San Francisco.
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