This is the code repository for Learning Tableau 2019, published by Packt.

Tools for Business Intelligence, data prep, and visual analytics

Tableau is the gold standard of business intelligence and visual analytics tools in every industry. It enables rapid data visualization and interpretation with charts, graphs, dashboards, and much more. Updated with the latest features of Tableau, this book takes you from the foundations of the Tableau 2019 paradigm through to advanced topics.

This book covers the following exciting features:

• Develop stunning visualizations that explain complexity with clarity
• Explore the exciting new features of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep
• Connect to various data sources to bring all your data together
• Uncover techniques to prep and structure your data for easy analysis
• Create and use calculations to solve problems and enrich analytics

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

IF [Animal] = "DOG"
THEN
IF [Age] < 2
THEN "Puppy"
ELSE "Dog"
END
ELSE [Animal]
END

Following is what you need for this book:

This Tableau book is for anyone who wants to understand data. If you’re new to Tableau, don’t worry. This book builds on the foundations to help you understand how Tableau really works and then builds on that knowledge with practical examples before moving on to advanced techniques. Working experience with databases will be useful but is not necessary to get the most out of this book.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-12).

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

• Tableau 2019.x Cookbook [Packt] [Amazon]

• Mastering Tableau 2019.1 - Second Edition [Packt] [Amazon]

Joshua N. Milligan is a five-time Tableau Zen Master, the highest recognition of excellence from Tableau Software for masters and teachers of Tableau and collaborators within the community. He was one of three Iron Viz Global finalists in 2017. He is passionate in serving others through data visualization and analytics. As a consultant with Teknion Data Solutions since 2004, he has extensive real-world experience across many industries. In addition to authoring every edition of Learning Tableau, he was a technical reviewer for Tableau Data Visualization Cookbook and Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public. He shares Tableau and Tableau Prep tips on VizPainter and his Twitter handle is @VizPainter. He lives with his family in Tulsa.

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