Unique problem-solution approach to aid effective business decision-making
Create interactive dashboards and implement powerful business intelligence solutions
Includes best practices on using Tableau with modern cloud analytics services

Book Description

Tableau has been one of the most popular business intelligence solutions in recent times, thanks to its powerful and interactive data visualization capabilities. Tableau 2019.x Cookbook is full of useful recipes from industry experts, who will help you master Tableau skills and learn each aspect of Tableau's ecosystem.

This book is enriched with features such as Tableau extracts, Tableau advanced calculations, geospatial analysis, and building dashboards. It will guide you with exciting data manipulation, storytelling, advanced filtering, expert visualization, and forecasting techniques using real-world examples. From basic functionalities of Tableau to complex deployment on Linux, you will cover it all. Moreover, you will learn advanced features of Tableau using R, Python, and various APIs. You will learn how to prepare data for analysis using the latest Tableau Prep. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how Tableau fits the modern world of analytics and works with modern data platforms such as Snowflake and Redshift. In addition, you will learn about the best practices of integrating Tableau with ETL using Matillion ETL.

By the end of the book, you will be ready to tackle business intelligence challenges using Tableau's features.

What you will learn

Understand the basic and advanced skills of Tableau Desktop
Implement best practices of visualization, dashboard, and storytelling
Learn advanced analytics with the use of build in statistics
Deploy the multi-node server on Linux and Windows
Use Tableau with big data sources such as Hadoop, Athena, and Spectrum
Cover Tableau built-in functions for forecasting using R packages
Combine, shape, and clean data for analysis using Tableau Prep
Extend Tableau's functionalities with REST API and R/Python

Who this book is for

Tableau 2019.x Cookbook is for data analysts, data engineers, BI developers, and users who are looking for quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems faced while using Tableau products. Put each recipe into practice by bringing the latest offerings of Tableau 2019.x to solve real-world analytics and business intelligence challenges. Some understanding of BI concepts and Tableau is required.

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Information

Publisher

Packt Publishing

Year

2019

ISBN

9781789535358

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Business Intelligence

Index

Business

Contributors

About the authors

Dmitry Anoshin is an expert in analytics with 10 years of experience. He started using Tableau as primary BI tool in 2011 as a BI consultant at Teradata. He is certified with both Tableau Desktop and Server. He leads probably the biggest Tableau user community, with more than 2,000 active users. This community has 2-3 Tableau talks every month led by top Tableau experts, Tableau Zen Masters, Viz Champions, and so on. In addition, Dmitry has previously written three books with Packt and reviewed more than seven books. Finally, he is an active speaker at data conferences and helps people to adopt cloud analytics.

Teodora Matic is a data analyst with a strong background in statistics and more than 5 years of experience in data analytics and reporting. She has been using Tableau since 2014. She has been working as a project manager and data analyst for leading market research companies, such as Ipsos and EyeSee Research, levering the power of Tableau to bring business insights to clients. She currently does data analysis and reporting at the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Slaven Bogdanovic has more than 10 years of experience in data analysis and reporting within both business and academia. His expertise covers complex statistical analysis and insight communication. He has been using Tableau since 2013. Currently, he works as a BI/big data developer at N...

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Foreword
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Getting Started with Tableau Software
Data Manipulation
Tableau Extracts
Tableau Desktop Advanced Calculations
Tableau Desktop Advanced Filtering
Building Dashboards
Telling a Story with Tableau
Tableau Visualization
Tableau Advanced Visualization
Tableau for Big Data
Forecasting with Tableau
Advanced Analytics with Tableau
Deploy Tableau Server
Tableau Troubleshooting
Preparing Data for Analysis with Tableau Prep
ETL Best Practices for Tableau
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