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GEORGE PECK Evergreen CO is a seasoned consultant and trainer specializing in Crystal Reports Crystal Enterprise and their integration into custom Windows and Web products He has authored four best selling editions of Crystal Reports The Complete Reference. Tableau tennis 8 joueurs Present a unified view of complex BI using the entire Tableau 8 toolkit Create and distribute dynamic feature rich data visualizations and highly interactive BI dashboards quickly and easily Tableau 8 The Official Guide provides the hands on instruction and best practices you need to meet your business intelligence objectives and drive better decision making Discover how to work from the Tableau GUI load BI from disparate sources drag and drop to analyze data set up custom visualizations and build robust dashboards This practical guide shows you step by step how to design and publish meaningful business communications to end users across your enterprise Navigate the Tableau user interface and data windowConnect to spreadsheets databases and other sourcesSelect data fields and drag them to desired screen locationsWork with pre defined visualizations and sample workbooksDisplay background maps and perform geographic analysisAdd calculated fields graphs charts tables and statisticsCombine multiple data sources into real time dashboardsExport your visualizations to the Web or in various file formatsElectronic content includes Videos that demonstrate the techniques presented in the bookSample Tableau workbooks Tableau 8 The Official Guide The Official GuideI had been using Tableau for a while and was figuring things out as I went along using the internet and trial and error before I read the book I got it in the hope that it would help me understand Tableau completely and assure myself that I wasn t missing any important capabilities and I think the book did a good job at that However much of the information was already familiar especially the information on what to click or which menu a command is in so if you re brand new to Tableau this would be great but if you are already a user even if not a power user then you ll find less here that s useful Also the areas are not developed in any great depth For example the writing of queries is discussed by general examples rather than by principles The example workbooks are useful and allow you to learn some useful approaches The book is also well written and illustrated, Book tableau 8.2 So the newer you are to Tableau the you ll get out of this book 230 Extremely helpful Terrific reference 230