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About

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Chapter 1: Getting started with tableau

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Remarks

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Examples

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Installation

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What is Tableau?

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Chapter 2: Data Visualization with Tableau

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Examples

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what is data visualization?

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Credits

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Chapter 1: Getting started with tableau

Remarks

This section provides an overview of what tableau is, and why a developer might want to use it.

It should also mention any large subjects within tableau, and link out to the related topics. Since the Documentation for tableau is new, you may need to create initial versions of those related topics.

Examples

Installation

Tableau offers a 2 week free trial for all of their licensed products. Tableau also offers licenses to Students for free here and nearly free Desktop licenses for non-profit organizations here.

To get started with a free trial, navigate to Tableau Products to see a list of their offerings which include:

1. Desktop for design and analysis 2. Server for sharing visualizations throughout an organization. 3. Reader for read only 4. Public, a Desktop product that is limited to saving on Tableau's public server

Desktop products will run on Mac OS and Windows 32 and 64-bit versions.

Server runs only on Windows.

Once you have downloaded your desired product, run the installer and start building viz when complete.

What is Tableau?

Tableau is a family of interactive data visualization products focused on Business Intelligence, varying from Tableau Server, aimed for enterprises who want to share dashboards and data across departments, to Tableau Public, that anyone can use for free and publish their dashboards on-line.

Independently of the product version, one will use the proprietary Tableau platform to create dynamic views and dashboards. They also provide a different set of APIs, such as the JavaScript API that lets you integrate the visualizations into your web apps, create custom interactions and behaviors, and more.

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Chapter 2: Data Visualization with Tableau

Examples

what is data visualization?

Data Visualization is an art of presenting the data in a manner that even a non-analyst can understand it. A perfect blend of aesthetic elements like colors, dimensions, labels can create visual masterpieces, hence revealing surprising business insights which in turn helps businesses to make informed decisions.

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