Tableau your data! : fast and easy visual analysis with Tableau Software

Intro -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Overview of the Book and Technology -- How This Book Is Organized -- Who Should Read This Book? -- Tools You Will Need -- What's on the Companion Website? -- Summary -- Part I: Desktop -- Chapter 1: Creating Visual Analytics with Tableau Desktop -- The Shortcomings of Traditional Information Analysis -- The Business Case for Visual Analysis -- Tableau's Desktop Tools -- Introducing the Tableau Desktop Workspace -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Connecting to Your Data -- Chapter 3: Building Your First Visualization -- Chapter 4: Creating Calculations to Enhance Data -- What Is Aggregation? -- What Are Calculated Fields and Table Calculations? -- Chapter 5: Using Maps to Improve Insight -- New Map Features -- Creating a Standard Map View -- Chapter 6: Developing an Ad Hoc Analysis Environment -- Data Discovery as a Creative Process -- Providing Self-Service Ad Hoc Analysis with Parameters -- Chapter 7: Tips, Tricks, and Timesavers -- Saving Time and Improving Formatting -- Customizing Shapes, Colors, Fonts, and Images -- Advanced Chart Types -- Chapter 8: Bringing It All Together with Dashboards -- How Dashboards Facilitate Analysis and Understanding -- How Tableau Improves the Dashboard-Building Process -- The Wrong Way to Build a Dashboard -- The Right Way to Build a Dashboard -- Building Your First Advanced Dashboard -- Sharing Your Dashboard with Tableau Reader -- Using the Tableau Performance Recorder to Improve Load Speed -- Sharing Dashboards with Tableau Online or Tableau Server -- Chapter 9: Designing for Mobile -- The Physics of Mobile Consumption -- Security Considerations for Mobile Consumption -- Offline Access -- Typical Mobile Usage Patterns -- Design Best Practices for Mobile Consumption -- A Tablet Dashboard Example.