Chapter 5
Ready, Set, Data Prep: Readying Your Data for Prime Time
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring key features and functionality of Tableau Prep Builder
Managing data flows across Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Desktop, and Tableau Cloud
Mastering data cleansing and preparation in Tableau Prep Builder
Learning how to save Tableau Prep Builder data for personal and collaborative usage
If you ask a thousand data analysts what they spend the most time completing, from sourcing data to data visualization and reporting, most folks will say data preparation. Unless you craft the dataset on your own, ensuring that every field maps perfectly to a T, you seldom have pure data entry. Tableau recognizes that this issue is one of the complexities in the data life cycle, which is why one of the first products introduced in the solution stack was Tableau Prep Builder. For those needing to twist and bend their data so that it can be shaped and integrated for mass consumption, Tableau Prep Builder is your one-stop shop to handling all these data life cycle activities, from combining, shaping, and cleaning ...
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