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Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition
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Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition

by Joshua N. Milligan
March 2019
Beginner
504 pages
11h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Enhancing user experience, analysis, and visualizations

Calculations and parameters can greatly enhance the user experience, the analysis, and the visualizations.

Let's say we want to give the vacation condo manager the ability to do some what-if analysis. Every year, she offers a free night during the month of December. She wants to be able to see which rentals would have received the free night, depending on which night she chooses.

To accomplish this, follow these steps:

  1. If you have not done so, create the Gantt chart that was shown earlier.
  2. Create a parameter called Free Night with a data type of Date and a starting value of 12/12/2018. This will allow the manager to set and adjust the starting date for the promotional month. Show the ...
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