Tableau for Business Users
eBook - ePub

Tableau for Business Users

Learn to Automate and Simplify Dashboards for Better Decision Making

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tableau for Business Users

Learn to Automate and Simplify Dashboards for Better Decision Making

About this book

Learn Tableau by working through concrete examples and issues that you are likely to face in your day-to-day work.

Author Shankar Arul starts by teaching you the fundamentals of data analytics before moving on to the core concepts of Tableau. You will learn how to create calculated fields, and about the currently available calculation functionalities in Tableau, including Basic Expressions, Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions, and Table Calculations. As the book progresses, you'll be walked through comparisons and trend calculations using tables. A concluding chapter on dashboarding will show you how to build actionable dashboards to communicate analysis and visualizations. You'll also see how Tableau can complement and communicate with Excel.

After completing this book, you will be ready to tackle the challenges of data analytics using Tableau without getting bogged down by the technicalities of the tool.

What Will You Learn

  • Master the core concepts of Tableau
  • Automate and simplify dashboards to help business users
  • Understand the basics of data visualization techniques
  • Leverage powerful features such as parameters, table calculations, level of detail expressions, and more

Who is This book For

Business analysts, data analysts, as well as financial analysts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Why Visualize Data?
  4. 2. Installation and Setup
  5. 3. Fundamentals of Data
  6. 4. The Crux of Tableau
  7. 5. Calculations
  8. 6. Tables and Table Calculations
  9. 7. Advanced Tips
  10. 8. Dashboards
  11. Back Matter