Title Page Copyright and Credits Getting Started with Tableau 2018.x Packt Upsell Why subscribe? Packt.com Contributors About the author About the reviewers Packt is searching for authors like you Preface Disclaimer Who this book is for What this book covers To get the most out of this book Download the example files Download the color images Conventions used Get in touch Reviews Catching Up with Tableau 2018 Tableau Desktop Data Source improvements Normalized extract (2018.3) Spatial join (2018.2) Other Data Source improvements Visualization improvements Density Mark (2018.3) Step and jump lines (2018.1) Worksheet transparency (2018.3) Dual Axis mapping (2018.1) Nested sort (2018.2) Hierarchy filtering (2018.1) Other improvements Dashboard improvements Extensions (2018.2) Dashboard navigation button (2018.3) Navigation action (2018.3) The Change Set Values action (2018.3) Automatic Mobile layouts (2018.2) Grids (2018.2) Tableau Server/Online Interacting Mixed content (2018.3) Mobile preview (2018.3) Comments (2018.2) Web authoring Connecting to data (2018.1) Other web authoring improvements Administration Tableau Service Manager (2018.2) Other administrative improvements Summary The Tableau Core The different Tableau products Speaking Tableau Dimension and Measure Blue and green – Discrete and Continuous The toolbar options Live or Extract Live Extract Summary A First Dashboard and Exploration Connect to data Create a first set of visualizations Sales and profit by sub-categories – bar chart Profit evolution – line chart Profit by state – filled map Building your first Dashboard Assembling the Dashboard Adding interactivity to your Dashboard Using Tableau for data exploration Summary Connect to Data and Simple Transformations Data connection Connecting to a file Excel files Text files  Connecting to a server Tableau Server/Online Common servers (MS SQL Server, Oracle, Redshift, MySQL) Other servers Spatial files Join data easily The Join principle Join requirements and types Join risks Hands-on – a first simple Join  Union your data A Union example Simple transformations Data Interpreter Splitting a column Pivot Summary Build an Efficient Data Source Understanding the Data Source Data Sources elements Data types Generated information Data Source options Refresh a Data Source and deal with changes How to refresh a Data Source Deal with changes Trivial cases A used field is removed or renamed Field customization and default properties Field customization and options Default properties Comment Color Shape Sort Number format Aggregation and total using Hierarchies Groups, Sets, and Bins Groups Sets Bins Summary Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 1 Creating a visualization the automatic and manual way Build a visualization the automatic way Double-click Show Me Build a visualization the manual way  The different Mark types Bar Line Area Square Circle Shapes Text  Map Pie Gantt Bar Polygon Density Mark properties Color Size Label (Text) Detail Tooltip Shape Path Angle Summary Design Insightful Visualizations - Part 2 Using multiple Measures Dual Axis Measure Names and Measure Values Filters Filtering a continuous field Filter a discrete field General Wildcard Condition Top Quick filters Filter hierarchy  Context Global filter hierarchy Pages Page basics Guided tutorial with Pages Worksheet options and format Pill options Worksheet menu options View options Format Summary Create Powerful Dashboards and Stories Before we start Dashboard basics How to build a Dashboard Dashboard pane Layout pane Dashboard objects Dashboard options Tiled, Floating, and Container Layouts Tiled Floating Containers A step-by-step guide to building a Dashboard with Containers Dashboard Actions Filter Highlight Go to URL Go to Sheet Change Set Values Creating a Story How to build a Story Story options Summary Publish and Interact in Tableau Server Introduction to Tableau Server Tableau Server contents Publishing and modifying contents Why and how to publish a data source Modifying a published Data Source Publishing a Workbook Step-by-step guide – publishing and modifying your work Interacting with published Contents Interacting with published Workbooks Custom Views Alert Subscribe Download Comment Web Authoring Device layout Creating a Device layout Mobile layout preview  Summary An Introduction to Calculations Calculated Field basics Creating a Calculated Field To aggregate or not to aggregate fields? Using calculation functions Example – highlight values Advanced functions Table Calculation functions Table function basics Quick Table Calculation Hands-on Table Calculation functions Level of Detail LOD function basics Include and Exclude Fixed Hands-on - use a LOD function Summary Analytics and Parameters Using built-in Analytics tools The Summarize tab Constant Line Average Line Median with Quartiles Box Plot Totals The Model tab Average or median with a confidence interval Trend Line Forecast Cluster The Custom tab How to work with Parameters Creating a Parameter Using a Parameter Creating a year-on-year comparator Summary Advanced Data Connections Cross-database Join Data-blending Wildcard Union Summary Deal with Security Tableau Server security User Filters Row-level filters Summary How to Keep Growing Your Skills The Tableau Community Tableau Public Community projects Ambassadors, Zen Masters, and Iron Viz Ambassadors Zen Masters Iron Viz Summary Other Books You May Enjoy Leave a review - let other readers know what you think