Tableau Desktop Pocket Reference

Preface

The single most-common question I hear is, “What advice do you have for someone getting started with Tableau?” I’ve always said that Tableau is one of those tools that takes a day to learn but a lifetime to master. The book you’re reading now covers all the topics I wish I knew the first day I opened Tableau Desktop over a decade ago.

While I’ve covered many of these topics before in my first book, Practical Tableau, I have completely rewritten every chapter from scratch to incorporate everything I’ve learned along the way. My hope is that you find this book to be a rock-solid foundation and reference during your own Tableau and visual analytics journey.

Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographical conventions are used in this book:

Italic

Indicates new terms, URLs, email addresses, filenames, and file extensions.

Constant width

Used for program listings, as well as within paragraphs to refer to program elements such as variable or function names, databases, data types, environment variables, statements, and keywords.

Constant width bold

Shows commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user.

Constant width italic

Shows text that should be replaced with user-supplied values or by values determined by context.

Playfair Data TV

With a mission to create a comprehensive blended learning environment, Playfair Data launched its own on-demand Tableau training platform, Playfair Data TV. With more than 100 episodes covering many approaches ...