Tableau 10 bootcamp : intensive training for data visualization and dashboarding / Joshua N. Milligan, Donabel Santos.

Includes index.

Online resource; title from title page (viewed October 23, 2017).

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Authors -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Creating Your First Visualization and Dashboard -- Connecting to data -- Foundations for building visualizations -- Measures and dimensions -- Discrete and continuous -- Discrete fields -- Continuous fields -- Visualizing data -- Creating bar charts -- Iterations of bar charts for deeper analysis -- Line charts -- Iterations offline charts for deeper analysis -- Creating geographic visualizations -- Filled maps -- Symbol maps -- Using Show Me -- Bringing everything together in a dashboard -- Building your dashboard -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Interactivity -- Creating a motion chart -- Creating a dynamic column/row trellis chart -- Creating a top/bottom N filter -- Comparing one to everything else -- LOD expressions -- Dynamically displaying dimensions -- Dynamically displaying and sorting measures -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Moving from Foundational to More Advanced Visualizations -- Comparing values across different dimensions -- Bar charts -- Bar chart variations -- Bullet chart -- Showing progress towards a goal -- Bar in Bar charts -- Highlighting categories of interest -- Visualizing dates and times -- The built-in date hierarchy -- Variations of date and time visualizations -- Gantt charts -- Relating parts of the data to the whole -- Stacked bars -- Treemaps -- Area charts -- Pie charts -- Visualizing distributions -- Circle charts -- Jittering -- Box and whisker plots -- Histograms -- Visualizing multiple axes to compare different measures -- Scatterplot -- Dual axis -- Combination charts -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Dashboards and Story Points -- Creating a filter action -- Creating a URL action -- Creating an infographic-like dashboard -- Creating story points -- Summary.

Chapter 5: Data Preparation -- Using the Data Interpreter and pivots -- Using the legacy Jet driver -- Using schema.ini to resolve data type issues -- Pivoting columns -- Using unions -- Using join -- Using blends -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Using Row-Level, Aggregate, and Level of Detail Calculations -- Creating and editing calculations -- Level of detail calculations -- Level of detail syntax -- Level of detail example -- Parameters -- Creating parameters -- Ad hoc calculations -- Performance considerations -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Table Calculations -- Overview of table calculations -- Creating and editing table calculations -- Quick table calculations -- Relative versus fixed -- Scope and direction -- Working with scope and direction -- Addressing and partitioning -- Advanced addressing and partitioning -- Custom table calculations -- Data densification -- When and where data densification occurs -- Leveraging data densification -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Formatting Visualizations to Look Great and Work Well -- Formatting considerations -- Understanding how formatting works in Tableau -- Worksheet-level formatting -- Field-level formatting -- Additional formatting options -- Adding value to visualizations -- Tooltips -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks -- Advanced visualizations -- Slope chart -- Lollipop chart -- Waterfall chart -- Sparklines -- Dumbbell chart -- Unit chart/symbol chart -- Marimekko chart -- Sheet swapping and dynamic dashboards -- Dynamically showing and hiding other controls -- Advanced mapping techniques -- Supplementing the standard in geographic data -- Manually assigning geographic locations -- Creating custom territories -- Ad-hoc custom territories -- Field-defined custom territories -- Some final map tips -- Using background images -- Animation -- Summary.

Chapter 10: Sharing Your Data Story -- Presenting, printing, and exporting -- Presenting -- Printing -- Exporting -- Sharing with users -- Sharing with Tableau Desktop users -- Sharing with Tableau Reader users -- Sharing with users of Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and Tableau Public -- Publishing to Tableau Public -- Publishing to Tableau Server and Tableau Online -- Interacting with Tableau Server -- Additional distribution options using Tableau Server -- Summary -- Index.

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