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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- About Packt -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau -- Chapter 1: Building Your Data Model -- Technical requirements -- Initial preparation -- The Global Superstore dataset -- Connecting to your data -- Connecting to the Global Superstore dataset -- The left pane -- The canvas -- The data grid -- The metadata grid -- Building your data model -- Preparing your data -- Working with data types -- Pivoting data -- Splitting fields -- Filtering data -- Combining data -- Joins -- The join types |
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Cross-database joins -- Unions -- Blends -- Summary -- Questions -- Further reading -- Section 2: Answering Questions with Data -- Chapter 2: Working with Worksheets -- Introduction to worksheets -- The workbook menu -- Toolbar -- Exploring the Data and Analytics panes -- The Data pane -- Data pane fields -- Continuous data -- Discrete data -- Sets -- Parameters -- Calculated fields -- Hierarchies -- Grouping data fields -- Replace References -- The Analytics pane -- Analytics objects -- Summarize -- Model -- Custom -- Shelves and cards -- Shelves -- Columns and Rows -- The Show Me chart guide |
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The Marks card -- The Filters shelf -- The Pages shelf -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Data Using Charts -- Technical requirements -- Key charts in Tableau -- Text tables (cross-tabs) -- Highlight tables -- Maps (symbol and filled) -- Bar charts -- Heat maps and treemaps -- Circle plots, side by side circles, and scatter plots -- Line charts -- Histograms -- Box and whisker plots (box plots) -- Gantt chart -- Combination charts -- Sorting your data -- Creating filters, sets, groups, and hierarchies -- Filters -- Sets -- Groups -- Hierarchies -- Formatting your visuals -- Summary |
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Chapter 4: Visualizing Geographic Data -- Technical requirements -- Mapping basics -- Map navigation -- Pan and zoom -- Zoom in/out -- Zoom area -- Pan -- Geographic Search -- Marks selection -- Rectangular Selection -- Radial Selection -- Lasso Selection -- Scaling -- Map features -- layering and custom territories -- Map Layers -- Custom territories -- Grouping locations -- Geocoding using other geographic fields -- Modifying locations -- Editing locations -- Importing and managing custom geocoding -- Extending an existing role -- Adding new roles -- Connecting to spatial data |
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Using background images to plot spatial data -- Creating density maps -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau -- Technical requirements -- Calculation basics -- When to use calculations -- Types of calculations -- Creating calculations -- Functions syntax -- Fields syntax -- Operator syntax -- Order of precedence of operators -- Literal expressions syntax -- Parameter syntax -- Comments syntax -- Building arithmetic calculations -- Aggregation options -- Building string calculations -- Functions related to obtaining substrings from a string |
| Summary |
Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide is a practical book full of exercises and examples that help you master Tableau Desktop and successfully pass the certification with ease. This book includes complete, up-to-date coverage of the exam so you can take them with confidence, fully equipped to pass the first time. |
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Tableau (Computer file)
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Tableau (Computer file) |
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Information visualization -- Computer programs.
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Visual analytics -- Data processing.
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Visualisation de l'information -- Logiciels. |
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Analyse visuelle -- Informatique. |
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Visual analytics -- Data processing |
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Information visualization -- Computer programs |
| Added Author |
Gillet, JC.
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Peri, Fabian.
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Biyani, Radhika.
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Makarenko, Gleb.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anoshin, Dmitry. Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide. Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, ©2019 9781838984137 |
| ISBN |
1838986642 (electronic book) |
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9781838986643 (electronic bk.) |
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