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Peck, George. Tableau 8: The Official Guide. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2013.

Tableau 8: The Official Guide

Authors: George Peck

Published:  August 2013

eISBN: 9780071825634 0071825630 | ISBN: 9780071816786
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Media Included with This Book
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Tableau 8
  • What is Tableau?
  • Tableau User Interface
  • The Data Window
  • Shelves and Cards
  • Basic Tableau Design Flow
  • Chapter 2: Basic Visualization Design
  • Using Show Me
  • Choosing Mark Types
  • Color, Size, Shape, and Label Options
  • Choosing Color Options
  • Setting Mark Size
  • Choosing Shapes
  • Text Tables and Mark Labels
  • Formatting Options
  • Evaluating Multiple Measures
  • Shared Axis Charts
  • Dual Axis Charts
  • Chapter 3: Data Connection Details
  • Connecting to Various Data Sources
  • Adding and Joining Multiple Tables from the Same Database
  • Customizing Your View of the Data
  • Modifying Tableau’s Default Field Assignments
  • Hiding, Renaming, and Combining Fields
  • Changing Default Field Appearance
  • Using Hierarchies, Groups, and Sets
  • Saving and Sharing Metadata
  • Extracting Data
  • Data Blending
  • Moving from Test to Production Databases
  • Chapter 4: Top 10 Chart Types
  • Bar Chart
  • Line/Area Chart
  • Tableau 8 Forecasting
  • Pie Chart
  • Text Table/Crosstab
  • Scatter Plot
  • Bubble Chart
  • Bullet Graph
  • Box Plot
  • Tree Map
  • Word Cloud
  • Chapter 5: Interacting with the Viewer
  • Filtering Data
  • Basic Filtering
  • Interactive Filtering
  • Quick Filters
  • Parameters
  • Creating a Parameter
  • Displaying a Parameter
  • Using a Parameter in a Worksheet
  • Worksheet Actions
  • Filter Actions
  • Highlight Actions
  • URL Actions
  • Chapter 6: Tableau Maps
  • Geocoded Fields
  • Geographic Hierarchies and Ambiguity
  • Custom Geocoding
  • Background Maps and Layers
  • Map Options
  • Web Map Services
  • Mapping and Mark Types
  • Custom Background Images
  • Generating Your Own Coordinate System
  • Adding a Custom Background Image
  • Chapter 7: Calculated Fields, Table Calculations, and Statistics
  • Creating Calculated Fields
  • Numeric Calculations
  • String Manipulation
  • Date Calculations
  • Logic Constructs
  • Creating Binned Fields
  • Table Calculations
  • Reference Lines, Bands, and Distribution
  • Single Reference Line
  • Reference Band
  • Reference Distribution
  • Trend Lines
  • Chapter 8: Creating Dashboards
  • Creating a Simple Dashboard
  • Tiled Placement
  • Floating Placement
  • Associated Dashboard Elements
  • Advanced Dashboard Elements
  • Layout Container
  • Blank
  • Text
  • Image
  • Web Page
  • Setting Dashboard and Element Sizes
  • Dashboard Actions
  • Highlight Action
  • Filter Action
  • URL Action
  • Chapter 9: Distributing and Sharing Your Visualizations
  • Exporting Worksheets and Dashboards
  • Printing to PDF Format
  • Exporting Worksheet Data
  • Exporting Worksheet Images
  • Exporting Dashboard Images
  • Using Tableau Reader
  • Publishing to the Web
  • Sharing on Tableau Public
  • Publishing to Tableau Server and Tableau Online
  • Using Tableau with iPad, Android, and Other Smartphones and Tablets
  • Appendix: Function Reference
  • Number Functions
  • ABS
  • ACOS
  • ASIN
  • ATAN
  • ATAN2
  • COS
  • COT
  • DEGREES
  • EXP
  • LN
  • LOG
  • MAX
  • MIN
  • PI
  • POWER
  • RADIANS
  • ROUND
  • SIGN
  • SIN
  • SQRT
  • SQUARE
  • TAN
  • ZN
  • String Functions
  • ASCII
  • CHAR
  • CONTAINS
  • ENDSWITH
  • FIND
  • ISDATE
  • LEFT
  • LEN
  • LOWER
  • LTRIM
  • MAX
  • MID
  • MIN
  • RIGHT
  • RTRIM
  • SPACE
  • STARTSWITH
  • TRIM
  • UPPER
  • Date Functions
  • DATEADD
  • DATEDIFF
  • DATENAME
  • DATEPART
  • DATETRUNC
  • DAY
  • ISDATE
  • MAX
  • MIN
  • MONTH
  • NOW
  • TODAY
  • YEAR
  • Type Conversion Functions
  • DATE
  • DATETIME
  • FLOAT
  • INT
  • STR
  • Logical Functions
  • CASE
  • IF
  • IFNULL
  • IIF
  • ISDATE
  • ISNULL
  • ZN
  • Aggregate Functions
  • ATTR
  • AVG
  • COUNT
  • COUNTD
  • MAX
  • MEDIAN
  • MIN
  • STDEV
  • STDEVP
  • SUM
  • VAR
  • VARP
  • Pass-Through Functions
  • RAWSQLAGG_BOOL
  • RAWSQLAGG_DATE
  • RAWSQLAGG_DATETIME
  • RAWSQLAGG_INT
  • RAWSQLAGG_REAL
  • RAWSQLAGG_STR
  • RAWSQL_BOOL
  • RAWSQL_DATE
  • RAWSQL_DATETIME
  • RAWSQL_INT
  • RAWSQL_REAL
  • RAWSQL_STR
  • User Functions
  • FULLNAME
  • ISFULLNAME
  • ISMEMBEROF
  • ISUSERNAME
  • USERDOMAIN
  • USERNAME
  • Table Calculation Functions
  • FIRST
  • INDEX
  • LAST
  • LOOKUP
  • PREVIOUS_VALUE
  • RUNNING_AVG
  • RUNNING_COUNT
  • RUNNING_MAX
  • RUNNING_MIN
  • RUNNING_SUM
  • SIZE
  • TOTAL
  • WINDOW_AVG
  • WINDOW_COUNT
  • WINDOW_MAX
  • WINDOW_MEDIAN
  • WINDOW_MIN
  • WINDOW_STDEV
  • WINDOW_STDEVP
  • WINDOW_SUM
  • WINDOW_VAR
  • WINDOW_VARP
  • Index