Tableau Your Data!, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

When I first approached this edition, I mistakenly thought that writing an updated edition would be easier than writing the original book. I’ve discovered that writing a guidebook for Tableau is never going to be easy. Tableau’s product evolution has been consistently aggressive. During the last two years, Tableau added a slew of new features to Desktop and Server. Consequently, nearly every figure in this book has been updated, and there are over 200 pages of totally new content.

During the last two years, I received lots of feedback from readers of the first edition. That feedback was universally positive and helpful. One individual went out of his way to document improvement ideas by sending me multiple pages of detailed feedback. Dick Holm’s feedback was so good I asked him if he would be willing to provide technical editing on this edition. Dick agreed, and his feedback informed every chapter of Part I. I don’t want to fail to mention Molly Monsey of Tableau Software. Molly’s contribution to the first edition of the book was extensive and invaluable.

This challenging project would have been impossible without the help and support of the InterWorks team. James Wright provided an excellent first draft of Chapter 9, “Designing for Mobile.” Kate Treadwell drafted the new Chapter 10 on Story Points. Our resident server wizard, Brad Fair, updated the initial draft for Chapter 11, “Installing Tableau Server.” Mat Hughes updated the initial draft of Chapter 12, “Managing ...