Communication Data with Tableau

Preface

1. Communicating Data
-Appendix Step in the Process
-Appendix Model of Communication
-Three Types of Communication Problems
-Six Principles of Communicating Data
-Summary

2. Introduction to Tableau
-Using Tableau
-Tableau Products
-Connecting to Data

3. How Much and How Many
-Communicating “How Much”
-Communicating “How Many”
-Summary

4. Ratios and Rates
-Ratios
-Rates
-Summary

5. Proportions and Percentages
-Part-to-Whole
-Current-to-Historical
-Actual-to-Target
-Summary

6. Mean and Median
-The Normal Distribution
-Summary

7. Variation and Uncertainty
-Respecting Variation
-Variation Over Time: Control Charts
-Understanding Uncertainty
-Summary

8. Multiple Quantities
-Scatterplots
-Stacked Bars
-Regression and Trend Lines
-The Quadrant Chart
-Summary

9. Changes Over Time
-The Origin of Time Charts
-The Line Chart
-The Dual-Axis Line Chart
-The Connected Scatterplot
-The Date Field Type and Seasonality
-The Timeline
-The Slopegraph
-Summary

10. Maps and Location
-One Special Map
-Circle Maps
-Filled Maps
-Dual-Encoded Maps
-Summary

11. Advanced Maps
-Maps with Shapes
-Maps Showing Paths
-Plotting Map Shapes Using Axes
-Summary

12. The Joy of Dashboards
-Dashboards in Tableau
-A Word of Caution
-Types of Dashboards
-Summary

13. Building Dashboards
-Building an Exploratory Dashboard
-Building an Explanatory Dashboard
-Summary

14. Advanced Dashboard Features
-Animating Dashboards
-Showing Multiple Tabs
-Adding Navigation with Filters
-Adding Custom Header Images
-Adding Google Maps to Dashboards
-Adding YouTube Videos to Dashboards
-Summary

Appendix Resources

Index