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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Desktop
• 1. Creating Visual Analytics with Tableau Desktop
• Shortcomings of Traditional Information Analysis
• Business Case for Visual Analysis
• Three Kinds of Data that Exist in Every Entity
• How Visual Analytics Improves Decision-Making
• Turning Data into Information with Visual Analytics
• Tableau Software Ecosystem
• Tableau Desktop and Tableau Reader
• Introducing the Tableau Desktop Workspace
• Using the Workspace Controls Effectively
• Start Page and Data Connection Page
• What You Need to Know about the Menu
• Leveraging Toolbar Icons
• Data Window, Data Types, and Aggregation
• Building Visualizations with the Row and Column Shelves
• Number of Records, Measure Values, and Measure Names
• Understanding Color in Icons and Pills
• Using the View Cards to Identify Trends and Outliers
• How the Status Bar Helps You Understand Visualizations

• Saving Time by Using the Show Me Button
• Notes
• 2. Connecting to Your Data
• How to Connect to Your Data
• Connecting to Desktop Sources
• Connecting to Database Sources
• Connecting to Public Datasources
• What Are Generated Values?
• Measure Names and Measure Values
• Tableau Geocoding
• Number of Records
• Knowing When to Use a Direct Connection or a Data Extract
• Flexibility of Direct Connections
• Advantages of a Data Extract
• Using Tableau's File Types Effectively
• Tableau Workbook Files
• Tableau Packaged Workbooks
• Tableau Datasource Files
• Tableau Bookmark Files
• Joining Database Tables with Tableau
• Default Inner Join
• Left and Right Join Types
• Customizing Tableau's Join Script
• Blending Different Datasources in a Single Worksheet
• When to Use Blending vs. Joins
• How to Create a Data Blend
• Factors that Affect the Speed of Your Data Connections
• Your Personal Computer
• Your Server Hardware
• Network
• Database
• How to Deal with Data Quality Problems
• Quick Solutions in Tableau
• Correcting Your Source Data
• Note
• 3. Building Your First Visualization
• Fast and Easy Analysis via Show Me
• How Show Me Works
• Chart Types Provided by the Show Me Button
• Text Tables (crosstabs)
• Maps (Symbol and Filled)
• Heat Maps, Highlight Tables, Treemaps
• Bar Chart, Stacked Bar, Side-by-Side Bars
• Line Charts For Time Series Analysis
• Area Fill Charts and Pie Charts
• Scatter Plot, Circle View, and Side-by-Side Circle Plots
• Bullet Graph, Packed Bubble, Histogram, and Gantt Charts
• Trend Lines and Reference Lines
• Adding Trendlines and Reference Lines to Your Charts
• Trend Lines
• Reference Lines
• Why the Concept of Scope is Important
• Changing the Scope of Trend Lines
• Sorting Data in Tableau
• Manual Sorting via Icons
• Calculated Sorts Using the Sort Menu
• Enhancing Views with Filters, Sets, Groups, and Hierarchies
• Making Hierarchies to Provide Drill-Down Capability
• Creating and Using Filters
• Creating a Filter with the Filter Shelf
• Grouping Dimensions
• How Tableau Uses Date Fields
• Tableau's Date Hierarchy
• Rearranging Time with Tableau
• Creating Customized Date Fields
• Taming Data with Measure Names and Values
• Notes
• 4. Creating Calculations to Enhance Your Data
• What is Aggregation?
• Count Distinct Versus Count
• Median
• Dimension versus Attribute
• What Are Calculated Values and Table Calculations?
• How Do Calculated Values Work?
• How Do Table Calculations Work?
• Word on Calculations and Cubes
• Using the Calculation Dialog Box to Create Calculated Values
• Field Selection
• Function Selection
• Parameter Selection
• Building Formulas Using Table Calculations
• Editing Table Calculations to Suit Your Purpose
• Understanding Table Calculation Behavior
• Customizing Table Calculations
• Secondary Table Calculations
• Using Table Calculation Functions
• Adding Flexibility to Calculations with Parameters
• What are Basic Parameters?
• What Are Advanced Parameters?
• Using the Function Reference Appendix
• Notes
• 5. Using Maps to Improve Insight
• Creating a Standard Map View
• How Tableau Geocodes Your Data
• Typical Map Errors and How to Deal With Them
• Plotting Your Own Locations on a Map
• Adding Custom Geocoding to Your Datasource
• Importing Custom Geocoding into Tableau
• Using Custom Geographic Units in a Map
• Replacing Tableau's Standard Maps
• Why Replace Tableau's Standard Maps?
• Replacing Tableau's Standard Maps to Enhance Information
• Using Custom Background Images to Plot Spatial Data
• Why Are Non-Standard Plots Useful?
• Steps Required to Build a Custom Spatial Plot
• Positioning Marks on a Non-Standard Map
• Publishing Workbooks with Non-Standard Geographies
• Shaping Data to Enable Point-to-Point Mapping
• Animating Maps Using the Pages Shelf or Slider Filters
• Notes
• 6. Developing an Ad Hoc Analysis Environment
• Generating New Data with Forecasts
• How Tableau Creates Forecasts
• Providing Self-Service Ad Hoc Analysis with Parameters
• What Are Parameters?
• How Can Parameters Be Used?
• Basic Parameter Controls
• Advanced Parameter Controls
• Editing Views in Tableau Server
• Note
• 7. Tips, Tricks, and Timesavers
• Saving Time and Improving Formatting
• Double-Click Fields to Build Faster
• Reduce Clicks using the Right-Mouse Button Drag
• Quick Copy Fields with Control-Drag
• Replace Fields by Dropping the New Field on Top
• Right-Click to Edit or Format Anything
• Editing or Removing Titles from Axis Headings
• Speed Up Your Presentation Page Views
• Faster Way to Access Field Menu Options
• Improving Appearance to Convey Meaning More Precisely
• Changing the Appearance of Dates
• Formatting Tooltip Content
• Change the Order of Color Expressed in Charts to Compare Related Values more Easily
• Exposing a Header in a One-Column Crosstab to Add Meaning and Save Space
• Unpacking a Packaged Workbook File (.twbx)
• Make a Parameterized Axis Label
• Using Continuous Quick Filters for Ranges of Values
• Create Your Own Custom Date Hierarchy
• Assemble Your Own Custom Fields
• Let Tableau Build Your Actions
• Formatting Table Calculation Results
• When to Use Floating Objects in Dashboards
• Customizing Shapes, Colors, Fonts, and Images
• Customizing Shapes
• Customizing Colors
• Customizing Fonts
• Customizing Images in Dashboards
• Advanced Chart Types
• Bar in Bar Chart
• Box Plots
• Pareto Charts
• Sparklines
• Bullet Graphs
• 8. Bringing It All Together with Dashboards
• How Dashboard Facilitates Analysis and Understanding
• How Tableau Improves the Dashboard Building Process
• Wrong Way to Build a Dashboard
• Right Way to Build a Dashboard
• Best Practices for Dashboard Building
• Size the Dashboard to Fit the Worst-Case Available Space
• Employ 4-Pane Dashboard Designs
• Use Actions to Filter Instead of Quick Filters
• Build Cascading Dashboard Designs to Improve Load Speeds
• Limit the Use of Color to One Primary Color Scheme
• Use Small Instructions Near the Work to Make Navigation Obvious
• Filter Information Presented in Crosstabs to Provide Relevant Details-on-Demand
• Remove All Non-Data-Ink
• Avoid One-Size-Fits-All Dashboards
• Work to Achieve Dashboard Load Times of Less than Ten Seconds
• Building Your First Advanced Dashboard
• Introducing the Dashboard Worksheet
• Defining the Dashboard Size
• Position the Worksheet Objects in the Dashboard Workspace
• Using Layout Containers to Position Objects
• Positioning and Fitting the Dashboard Objects
• Using Actions to Create Advanced Dashboard Navigation
• Embedding a Live Website in a Dashboard
• Adding Details on Demand with Tooltips
• Sharing Your Dashboard with Tableau Reader
• Security Considerations for Publishing via Tableau Reader
• Sharing Dashboards with Tableau Online or Tableau Server
• Designing for Mobile Consumption
• Physics of Mobile Consumption
• Security Considerations for Mobile Consumption
• Typical Mobile Usage Patterns
• Using the Tableau Performance Recorder to
• Improve Load Speed
• Notes
• pt. II Tableau Server
• 9. Installing Tableau Server
• Reasons to Deploy Tableau Server
• Data Governance
• Efficiency
• Flexibility
• Licensing Options for Tableau Server and Tableau Online
• Determining Your Hardware and Software Needs
• Determining What Kind of Server License to Purchase
• Tableau Server's Architecture
• Sizing the Server Hardware
• Environmental Factors That Can Affect Performance
• Configuring Tableau Server for the First Time
• General: Server Run As User
• General: User Authentication and Active Directory
• Setting-up Security Rights
• Enabling Row-Level Security via Filters
• When and How to Deploy Server on Multiple Physical Machines
• Deploying Tableau Server in High Availability Environments
• Three Node Cluster
• Four Node Cluster
• Leverage Existing Security with Trusted Authentication
• Deploying Tableau Server in Multi-National Entities
• Using Performance Recorder to Improve Performance
• Timeline Gantt Chart
• Events Sorted by Time
• Query Text
• Performance-tuning Tactics
• Managing Tableau Server in the Cloud
• What Does it Mean to be in the Cloud?
• Tableau's Cloud-Based Versions of Server
• Putting Tableau Server In The Cloud
• Monitoring Activity on Tableau Server
• Status Section
• Analysis Section
• Activities Section
• Settings Section
• Notes
• Contents note continued: 10. Using Tableau Server to Facilitate Fact-Based Team Collaboration
• Publishing Dashboards in Tableau Server
• Project
• Name
• Tags
• View Permissions
• Views to Share
• Options
• Organizing Reports for Consumption
• Adding Tags to Workbooks
• Creating a Favorite
• Options for Securing Reports
• Application Layer
• Defining Custom Roles
• Permission-Setting Example
• Improve Efficiency with the Data Server
• Incremental Updates
• Consuming Information in Tableau Server
• Finding Information
• Sharing Comments and Views
• Customized Views
• Authoring and Editing Reports via Server
• What Is Required to Author Reports on the Web?
• Server Design and Usage Considerations Related to Web and Tablet Authoring
• Differences between Desktop and Web or Tablet Authoring
• Saving and Exporting via the Web-Tablet Environment
• Recommendations for Implementing Web-Tablet Authoring
• Sharing Connections, Data Models, and Data Extracts
• Offering a Common Data Library
• Sharing Data Models
• Inheritance of Updates
• Embedding Tableau Reports Securely on the Web
• When to Embed a Dashboard
• How to Embed a Dashboard
• Tips and Tricks for Embedding Dashboards
• Using Subscriptions to Deliver Reports via E-mail
• Administrators Subscription Management
• Creating Subscription Schedules
• Notes
• 11. Automating Server with Tableau's Command Line Tools
• What do tabcmd and tabadmin do?
• Installing the Command Line Tools
• Setting the Windows Path
• What Kinds of Tasks Can Be Done with Tabcmd?
• Learning to Leverage Tabcmd
• Manually Entering and Running a Script in Tabcmd
• Running Tabcmd Scripts Via Batch Files
• Common Use Cases for Tabcmd
• Retrieving Forecast Data from Workbooks
• Manage Data Governance Via Tabcmd
• Using Tabadmin for Administrative Task Automation
• Starting Tableau Server
• pt. III Case Studies
• 12. Use Cases for Rapid-Fire Visual Analytics
• Rapid-Fire Analysis at a Public Utility
• Aggregating Disparate Datasources at a Large University
• Getting Started with Tableau
• Prototype Report Development
• Leveraging Tableau Further
• Tepper's Outcome and Example Dashboards
• Analysis in a Major Railway Logistics Team
• Modalgistics Does Transportation Research
• How Modalgistics Uses Tableau
• Outcome for Modalgistics
• Quality Metrics in a Hospital
• Obamacare and Medicare Reimbursements
• How Tableau Was Used to Analyze VBP
• Southern Maine's Outcome
• Planning for a Successful Tableau Deployment at ACT
• Value Drivers for ACT
• Building User Base Interest and Skill
• Properly Staged Evaluation and Roll Out
• How ACT Uses Tableau
• Ensuring Sustainability
• Employing Visual Analytics to Aid Succession Planning
• Framework for Spurring Effective Conversation and Action
• Providing Progressive Information for Succession Planning
• pt. IV Appendices
• A. Understanding and Using Tableau Functions
• B. Tableau Data Shaper Excel Plug-In
• C. InterWorks Book Website
• D. Glossary.

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Author/Creator:

Murray, Daniel G. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Tableau your data!: fast and easy visual analysis with Tableau Software [by Murray, D.G.]

Subjects:

Information visualization — Computer programs

Business intelligence

Tableau

Information visualization

Computer programs

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Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

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1 online resource.

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text file

Call Numbers:

QA76.9.I52 M87 2013

ISBNs:

9781118612194 (electronic bk.)
1118612191 (electronic bk.)
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1118612043 (pbk.) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

868973335

Other Control Numbers:

653907 (source: EbpS)
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