Steps to start a dashboarding project using Tableau

As part of  Tableau Questions and Answers series, I am asking questions related to Tableau and data warehousing concepts. One question is what are steps to start a dashboarding  project using Tableau.  I will encourage my students and other readers to explore the answers and reply with comments. ————————– Can you please let me know what all […]

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Why Tableau

As part of  Tableau Questions and Answers series, I am asking questions related to Tableau and data warehousing concepts. I will encourage my students and other readers to explore the answers and reply with comments. —————————————————————– I am looking for a BI solution for my fictitious company AWC Inc. My objective is to know the status for […]

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How to structure data for Tableau

This post discusses how to structure data for Tableau, as well as common mistake while structuring data. What is data? Data is information stored in digital format for efficient storage and retrieval. Data can be stored in different formats, excel, csv files, relational database schemas, star schemas, snowflake schema and unstructured data like Fb, twitter […]

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How to plot specific addresses on a map in Tableau

In Tableau, when you load data with geographical locations, Tableau automatically generates Latitude and Longitude for these geographical fields. These Latitude(generated) and Longitude(generated) fields are used to create a Map. I will show you how to plot specific addresses on a map in Tableau. These generated Latitude and Longitudes are good for Country, State, County […]

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Branding of Tableau Server

Branding of Tableau server involves changing the look and feel of the application according to your corporate requirements. In Tableau, Branding is available only at the Server level. Site level branding is not available. Branding of Tableau Server The following types of changes can be done to the Tableau Server Change the Tableau server name […]

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Joins in SQL

Joins in SQL are used to combine two or more tables. It returns the matching rows from the combined tables by using reference column in both the tables. Types of Joins: Inner Join: Inner join or Equi-join, returns rows from the both the tables based on the matching values of the columns. Example: Below we […]

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