Although the Tableau Desktop interface is relatively intuitive, this book goes beyond the simple mechanics of the interface to show best practices for creating effective visualizations for specific business intelligence objectives. It illustrates little-known features and techniques for getting the most from the Tableau toolset, supporting the needs of the business analysts who use the product as well as the data and IT managers who support it.
This comprehensive guide covers the core feature set for data analytics, illustrating best practices for creating and sharing specific types of dynamic data visualizations. Featuring a helpful full-color layout, the book covers analyzing data with Tableau Desktop, sharing information with Tableau Server, understanding Tableau functions and calculations, and Use Cases for Tableau Software.
Tableau Your Data shows you how to build dynamic, best-of-breed visualizations using the Tableau Software toolset.
Daniel G. Murray founded the Tableau/BI practice at InterWorks, Inc., one of Tableau's trusted professional services partners. He was selected to write this book by Tableau Software, reflecting InterWorks' leading position in consulting and training on Tableau Software.