Overview
- Unique in that walks readers through every step of a function—from start to finish
- The exercises are based on a comprehensive sample database that Tableau Software has provided, which makes it very easy to duplicate the exercises on the real software
- Each exercise in Jumpstart Tableau provides screenshots that cover every step from beginning to end
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Front Matter
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About this book
Learn how to create powerful data visualizations easily and quickly. You will develop reports and queries, and perform data analysis.
Jumpstart Tableau covers the basic reporting and analysis functions that most BI users perform in their day-to-day work. These include connecting to a data source, working with dimensions and measures, developing reports and charts, saving workbooks, filtering, swapping, sorting, formatting, grouping, creating hierarchies, forecasting, exporting, distributing, as well developing various chart types.
Each exercise in Jumpstart Tableau provides screenshots that cover every step from start to finish. The exercises are based on a comprehensive sample Excel-based data source that Tableau Software (version 9) has provided, which makes it very easy to duplicate the exercises on the real software.
This book teaches you to:
- Execute each function in a step-by-step manner
- Work up to more advanced and complex Tableau functionality
- Integrate individual development of content, such as tables/charts and visualizations., onto a dashboard for an effective presentation
- Connect to data sources
- Develop reports
- Create visualizations
- Perform analysis functions (e.g., filtering, drilldown, sorting, grouping, forecasting, etc.)
- Save visualizations in different formats and distribute them
- Develop dashboards and their content
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Arshad Khan is a versatile IT business intelligence and SAP software professional with over 30 years of experience. He has extensive consulting experience in business intelligence/analytics and SAP. He has consulted for such leading companies as Accenture, PWC, Deloitte Consulting, Pacific Gas & Electric, Bose Corporation, Daimler Chrysler, Home Depot, Genentech, Chevron, Textron, PepsiCo, Polycom, Unisys, and Hitachi-America. Since June 2014, Mr. Khan has been consulting for the US Navy as the Business Intelligence Architect. At Juniper Networks (a $4 billion dollar company), he led the Tableau-based analytics development team.
Mr. Khan, who has 15 books to his credit, on diverse subjects, previously authored five books on BI/data warehousing. He has also taught at seven universities, including the University of California (Berkeley, Santa Cruz, and San Diego), where he developed the first data warehouse course in 1995. Mr. Khan has a graduate degree in engineering as well as an MBA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jumpstart Tableau
Book Subtitle: A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Data Visualization
Authors: Arshad Khan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1934-8
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Arshad Khan 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-1933-1Published: 03 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-1934-8Published: 31 May 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 386
Number of Illustrations: 368 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computer Applications, Software Management, Software Engineering