Tableau: Creating Interactive Data Visualizations: Creating Interactive Data Visualizations

By Matt Floyd, Ashley Ohmann, Jen Stirrup, et al.

Illustrate your data in a more interactive way by implementing data visualization principles and creating visual stories using Tableau

Key Features:

- Use data visualization principles to help you to design dashboards that enlighten and support business decisions

- Integrate your data to provide mashed-up dashboards

- Connect to various data sources and understand what data is appropriate for Tableau Public

- Understand chart types and when to use specific chart types with different types of data

Book Description:

With increasing interest for data visualization in the media; businesses are looking to create effective dashboards that engage as well as communicate the truth of data. Tableau makes data accessible to everyone; and is a great way of sharing enterprise dashboards across the business. Tableau is a revolutionary toolkit that lets you simply and effectively create high-quality data visualizations.

This course starts with making you familiar with its features and enable you to develop and enhance your dashboard skills; starting with an overview of what dashboard is; followed by how you can collect data using various mathematical formulas. Next; you'll learn to filter and group data; as well as how to use various functions to present the data in an appealing and accurate way.

In the first module; you will learn how to use the key advanced string functions to play with data and images. You will be walked through the various features of Tableau including dual axes; scatterplot matrices; heat maps; and sizing.In the second module; you'll start with getting your data into Tableau; move onto generating progressively complex graphics; and end with the finishing touches and packaging your work for distribution. This module is filled with practical examples to help you create filled maps; use custom markers; add slider selectors; and create dashboards. You will learn how to manipulate data in various ways by applying various filters; logic; and calculating various aggregate measures. Finally; in the third module; you learn about Tableau Public using which allows readers to explore data associations in multiple-sourced public data; and uses state-of-the-art dashboard and chart graphics to immerse the users in an interactive experience. In this module; the readers can quickly gain confidence in understanding and expanding their visualization; creation knowledge; and quickly create interesting; interactive data visualizations to bring a richness and vibrancy to complex articles.

The course provides a great overview for beginner to intermediate Tableau users; and covers the creation of data visualizations of varying complexities.

What You Will Learn:

- Customize your designs to meet the needs of your business using Tableau

- Use Tableau to prototype; develop; and deploy the final dashboard

- Create filled maps and use any shape file

- Discover features of Tableau Public; from basic to advanced

- Build geographic maps to bring context to data

- Create filters and actions to allow greater interactivity to Tableau Public visualizations and dashboards

- Publish and embed Tableau visualizations and dashboards in articles

Who this book is for:

Data scientists who have just started using Tableau and want to build on the skills using practical examples. Familiarity with previous versions of Tableau will be helpful; but not necessary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787124193
• ISBN13: 9781787124196
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 2.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary