Learning Tableau 2020
Fourth Edition
Create effective data visualizations, build interactive visual analytics, and transform your organization
Joshua N. Milligan
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Learning Tableau 2020
Fourth Edition
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First published: April 2015
Second edition: September 2016
Third edition: March 2019
Fourth edition: August 2020
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Contributors
About the author
Joshua N. Milligan is a five-time Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master. His passion is mentoring and helping people gain insights from their data using Tableau and Tableau Prep. As principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004 with expertise in software development, data modeling, and visual analytics.
Joshua has technically reviewed several Packt titles and authored each edition of Learning Tableau. He lives with his wife and four children in Tulsa.
Thank you first to all the wonderful individuals at Packt: Carol Lewis, Edward Doxey, and others who edited, reviewed, published, and publicized! Special thanks to Chris Love, Tableau Zen Master, who pointed out errors and areas needing clarity. Finally, thank you to my wife, Kara, who has supported me through this project as well as all of life!
About the reviewer
Chris Love is a Tableau and Alteryx expert working out of Nottingham, United Kingdom, where he works for Tableau Gold Partner, The Information Lab. Chris's experience in business information and analytics spans 20 years and he has been recognized as a Tableau Zen Master for 5 years, most recently in 2020. While we get to see his mastery in his work on Tableau Public, we also appreciate his focus on helping people who are new to Tableau, or those who just need to do the simplest thing possible to bring change in their organization. He uses his expertise to promote simplicity, not just advanced uses of Tableau.