CITATION

Peck, George. Tableau 9: The Official Guide. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.

Tableau 9: The Official Guide

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Published:  October 2015 Pages: 352

eISBN: 9780071843287 | ISBN: 9780071843294
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • About the Author
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Tableau Desktop: Windows and Mac
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Tableau 9
  • What Is Tableau?
  • Tableau User Interface
  • Basic Tableau Design Flow
  • Chapter 2: Basic Visualization Design
  • Using Show Me
  • Choosing Mark Types
  • Color, Size, Shape, and Label Options
  • Formatting Options
  • Evaluating Multiple Measures
  • Chapter 3: Connecting to Data
  • Connecting to Various Data Sources
  • Customizing Your View of the Data
  • Extracting Data
  • Data Blending
  • Moving from Test to Production Databases
  • Chapter 4: Top 10 Chart Types
  • Bar Chart
  • Line/Area Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Text Table/Crosstab
  • Scatter Plot
  • Bubble Chart
  • Bullet Graph
  • Box Plot
  • Tree Map
  • Word Cloud
  • Chapter 5: Interacting with the Viewer
  • Filtering Data
  • Parameters
  • Worksheet Actions
  • Chapter 6: Advanced Charting, Calculations, and Statistics
  • Grouping Dimensions
  • Saving and Reusing Sets
  • Creating Binned Fields
  • Calculated Fields
  • Types of Calculated Fields
  • Level of Detail Expressions
  • Table Calculations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Chapter 7: Tableau Maps
  • Geocoded Fields
  • Background Maps and Layers
  • Mapping and Mark Types
  • Custom Background Images
  • Chapter 8: Creating Dashboards and Stories
  • Creating a Simple Dashboard
  • Supplementary Dashboard Features
  • Dashboard Actions
  • Creating Stories
  • Chapter 9: Working with Tableau Server
  • Exporting Worksheets and Dashboards
  • Using Tableau Reader
  • Tableau Public and Online
  • Using Tableau Server
  • Managing Tableau Server
  • Chapter 10: Custom Programming Tableau and Tableau Server
  • JavaScript API
  • REST API
  • Tableau Data Extract API
  • Index