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Data Modeling Considerations for Ask Data and Explain Data

Tableau Ask Data and Explain Data are powerful machine learning features that put analysis in the hands of casual users – those who would struggle to create their own analysis through the drag-and-drop features of Tableau Desktop and web authoring. For these casual users to get answers to their questions, the data models and available fields supporting them must be well thought-out; otherwise, the users may end up frustrated with answers that don’t make sense. This chapter explores these considerations.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following topics:

  • Visual analytics through natural language search with Ask Data
  • Creating a lens for Ask Data, including field exclusions, ...

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