Tableau Cookbook for Experienced Professionals: Over 60 advanced recipes for maximizing performance, interactivity, and platform potential - Couverture souple

Tejada, Pablo Sáenz De; Kirilenko, Daria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1835469744 ISBN 13 : 9781835469743

Editeur : Packt Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Push beyond conventional Tableau by mastering advanced geospatial capabilities, unlocking API potential, and fortifying corporate data infrastructure with industry-leading best practices

Key Features

• Transform dashboards into data apps that drive instant business decisions
• Build robust data models that scale with your data
• Extend Tableau with developer tools to automate tasks and integrate with external systems
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

In today’s data-driven business world, advanced analytics set organizations apart. Basic visualizations no longer suffice for Tableau developers tackling complex data challenges. Written by Tableau experts who've trained Fortune 500 companies and led global analytics initiatives, this cookbook delivers battle-tested techniques with the perfect blend of technical depth and practical application.

You’ll master advanced techniques such as geospatial analysis, data modeling for optimized workflows, and enterprise-scale content management. This book shows you how to leverage Tableau cloud’s Data Management capabilities to centralize data sources and ensure data quality for consistent analytics. You’ll also explore advanced management features such as the Content Migration Tool in Tableau 2025.1 and beyond.

Bridging the gap between fundamentals and cutting-edge practices, this book extends Tableau’s capabilities with APIs, custom LOD expressions, virtual connections, data apps, and TabPy. You’ll gain the skills to solve complex business problems, create high-impact dashboards, and seamlessly integrate Tableau into your data strategy, all while adhering to security and governance best practices.

This isn’t just another Tableau cookbook—it’s your blueprint for mastering the platform and driving meaningful data-powered transformation.

What you will learn

• Build advanced, high-performing Tableau data models and tables
• Tackle data complexities with LOD expressions and table calculations
• Leverage zone visibility to build interactive and user-friendly dashboards
• Optimize workbook performance for improved user experience
• Analyze geospatial data with map layers, shapefiles, and spatial joins
• Develop a deeper understanding of Tableau's REST API capabilities
• Use Tableau's order of operations to troubleshoot calculations
• Adopt industry-standard best practices to secure corporate data assets

Who this book is for

This cookbook is for Tableau professionals,developers, BI administrators, and data analysts ready to explore advanced techniques and deepen their expertise. To make the most of this book, you should either have intermediate to advanced experience with Tableau Desktop and its core functionalities. If you’re coming from another BI background, this book will prove invaluable as it demonstrates Tableau’s real-world applications. Familiarity with products such as Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server is beneficial, but not a prerequisite for using this book.

Table of Contents

1. Building Advanced and Efficient Tableau Data Models
2. Managing Content and Security at Scale in Tableau
3. Leveraging Tableau Cloud's Data Management and Advanced Management
4. Maximizing Workbook Performance
5. Mastering Advanced Calculations to Answer Complex Business Questions
6. Creating Interactive Dashboards
7. Interactivity and Zone Visibility: from Dashboards to Data Apps
8. Advanced Geospatial and Mapping Use Cases
9. Extending Tableau with Developer Tools and APIs
10. Core Techniques for Impactful Data Design

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Pablo Sáenz de Tejada is a Tableau specialist with over 10 years of experience helping people and organizations improve their data and Tableau skills and 20 years of experience as a consultant. He began his journey in data as a Market Research Analyst who specialized in Survey Data and Analysis. Between 2015 and 2020, Pablo was part of The Information Lab (UK), helping people make sense of data as a data analyst, consultant, and certified Tableau trainer. In 2020, he became the Managing Director of The Information Lab (Spain). In 2022, Pablo joined Salesforce as a Tableau Lead Solution Engineer; in 2024, he joined Snowflake as Senior Partner Sales Engineer.

Daria Kirilenko is a Tableau consultant with over 8 years of experience in business intelligence and analytics. As the founder of DSCOVR Analytics, she leads a dynamic consulting firm dedicated to delivering data-driven solutions to Fortune 500 companies across North America. In 2022, she led a global Tableau training initiative for Salesforce employees, which was widely recognized for accelerating skill development and driving adoption of Tableau tools in the organization. Daria also serves as a seasoned instructor at Stanford University, where she conducts regular training sessions and customized workshops. Her approach combines technical depth with real-world applications, enabling participants to transform how they work with data.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• ISBN 10: 1835469744
• ISBN 13: 9781835469743
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible