The document is an overview of Edureka's Tableau certification training course. It introduces Tableau as a data visualization software, describes the Tableau product family and highlights pros of Tableau like ease of use and direct data connectivity. It also provides information on how to use Tableau including connecting to data, using filters, hierarchies and data types. Finally, it outlines different visualizations in Tableau and shares success stories of Tableau use by companies.
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What is Tableau?
➢ Tableau is groundbreaking data visualization software created by Tableau
Software.
➢ Tableau connects easily to nearly any data source, be it corporate Tableau is
groundbreaking data visualization software created by Tableau Software.
➢ Tableau connects easily to nearly any data source, be it corporate Data
Warehouse, Microsoft Excel or web-based data.
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Measures & Dimensions
A Dimension is a field that is an
independent variable.
A dimension is usually text
A Measure is a field that is a
Dependent Variable and its value
is a function of one or more
Dimensions.
A measure is usually a number
Dimensions Measures
Abc
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Tableau – Applying Visualizations
Visualization Application
Bar Graph Used when Dimension is discontinuous
Line Graph Preferred for continuous Dimensions
Dual Axis Graph Used to represent two Measures together
Geographical Graph Used to plot Measures on geographical map
Area Graph – Dual Axes Provides better comparison amongst Measures
Heat Map Used to visualize variations across categories
Tree Map Used to represent quantity in nested rectangles
Let us discuss which visualizations are the best for various applications