Tableau 9: The Official Guide

Master the powerful tools and features of Tableau 9

Deliver meaningful BI visualizations and real-time dashboards to users across your organization quickly and easily. Written by an experienced author and certified trainer, Tableau 9: The Official Guide offers step-by-step instruction, best practices, examples, and downloadable video tutorials. See how to get up-and-running on Tableau, load data, drag and drop components, add graphics and maps, create complex calculations, and distribute dynamic dashboards and stories. This practical book teaches how to work with Tableau Server, write custom programs, and publish your results to the Web.

Connect to data from different systems, spreadsheets, and databases

Use pre-defined visualizations, sample workbooks, and Show Me

Analyze with graphs, charts, tables, and statistics

Create advanced calculations, including new level of detail expressions

Add geographic analysis and Internet-provided background maps

Combine multiple visualizations into dynamic dashboards and stories

Export to the Web and to other file formats using Tableau Server, Online and Public

Develop custom programs with JavaScript, REST, and Tableau Data Extract APIs

Electronic content includes:

Videos that demonstrate the techniques presented in the book

Sample Tableau workbooks

Complete formula language reference