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Data Analytics & Visualization All-in-One For Dummies
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Data Analytics & Visualization All-in-One For Dummies

by Jack A. Hyman, Luca Massaron, Paul McFedries, John Paul Mueller, Lillian Pierson, Jonathan Reichental, Joseph Schmuller, Alan R. Simon, Allen G. Taylor
April 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
832 pages
20h 32m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 7

Visualizing Data in Tableau

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Creating key visualization types in Tableau Desktop

Bullet Customizing the visualization with features such as filters, labels, and legends

Bullet Converting a visualization to a cross tabulation table

Bullet Publishing your data to Tableau Online

Tableau makes it easy to figure out whether a visualization requires a measure or dimension and whether the data should use discrete or continuous behavior using the Show Me recommendations, which include more than 20 choices. But one of the challenges people often face is having skipped the data cleansing or realizing that “whoops,” our data has some flubs. That realization is perfectly okay, however, because Tableau allows you to filter and hide data anomalies. Before you take a deep dive into the visualization realm, consider that your dataset size and quality drive the visualization. At the same time, Tableau is fantastic at interpreting the data; only you know whether the visualization and explanations are on the money.

This chapter shows how to create each visualization type in the Show Me pane, with ...

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