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The Tableau Workshop

You're reading from  The Tableau Workshop

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207653
Pages 822 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (5):
Sumit Gupta Sumit Gupta
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Sylvester Pinto Sylvester Pinto
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Shweta Sankhe-Savale Shweta Sankhe-Savale
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JC Gillet JC Gillet
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Kenneth Michael Cherven Kenneth Michael Cherven
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface
1. Introduction: Visual Analytics with Tableau 2. Data Preparation: Using Tableau Desktop 3. Data Preparation: Using Tableau Prep 4. Data Exploration: Comparison and Composition 5. Data Exploration: Distributions and Relationships 6. Data Exploration: Exploring Geographical Data 7. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Calculations 8. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Table Calculations 9. Data Analysis: Creating and Using Level of Details (LOD) Calculations 10. Dashboards and Storyboards 11. Tableau Interactivity: Part 1

Scatter Plots with Trend Lines

In this section, rather than focusing on the math that trend lines are dependent on, you will look at them from an analyst/data developer perspective, and will see some common use cases in business.

Trend lines are used to observe relationships between variables. For example, they could be used to see the relationship between force and acceleration, or to track the relationship between sales and profits over a given time period. They are statistical models that are useful in estimating future patterns or trends based on historical data points.

Adding trend lines in Tableau is fairly simple. In this section, you will explore the variations of trend lines available. Figure 5.27 shows the five types of a trend line in Tableau. You will get a thorough definition of each as well as their most common applications a little later in this section.

Figure 5.28: Types of trend lines in Tableau

In the next exercise, you will explore...

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