Tagged: tableau
Useful links (Tableau thought process)
http://www.tableau.com/learn/training?qt-training_tabs=1#qt-training_tabs (Some fundamental videos) http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/online/windows/en-us/help.htm (Tableau’s complete reference) http://community.tableau.com/welcome (the community is the best way to understand how other Tableau developers are using the application; interesting work-around) http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/api/js_api/en-us/help.htm#JavaScriptAPI/js_api.htm (Definitely a feature to consider when...
Scripting using Tableau 9 – Javascript API and Rest API
With Tableau’s JavaScript API you can integrate Tableau visualizations into your own web applications. The API lets you tightly control your users’ interactions and combine functionality that otherwise couldn’t be combined. For example, you...
Replace data source in Tableau
This article provides steps to replace data sources. A direct SQL server connection can be replaced with its excel dump.
Context Filter in Tableau
This link provides an article on sing “Add to Context” filter type in Tableau. Creating Filters Filters that you create in Tableau are calculated independently by design. This means that each filter accesses all...
Excel sheet in sharepoint as tableau data source
The URL for the Excel workbook is http://subdomain.usa42.net/sites/electronic software/Tableau List/sample-data.xls and now in Tableau Desktop it becomes \\subdomain.usa42.net\DavWWWRoot\sites\electronic software\Tableau List\sample-data.xls and in enterprise with Single Sign On it must be \\subdomain.usa42.net@SSL\DavWWWRoot\sites\electronic software\Tableau List\sample-data.xls
Creating a Sheet Selector for a Dashboard – Tableau KB
A good article to handle situations where the number of sheets in a workbook becomes too many.
Percentage of Total Chart – Tableau
Visually representing percentage distribution of orders with priority specified or not by customer segment Workbook attached
QlikView vs. Tableau
An interesting article from 2014 comparing Qlikview and Tableau. Working closely with Tableau have seen it fixing user experience issues at a very quick rate.
Waterfall chart in Tableau
A typical waterfall chart is used to show how an initial value is increased and decreased by a series of intermediate values, leading to a final value.