Cross table in Tableau

Cross table in Tableau is a special data structure where data is presented in a row and column format. See an example of a cross table below. This is a Sales Report of some fictitious company. This report shows the sale of Products by Employees to respective customers. Problems with loading Cross table in Tableau […]

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Important keywords in Tableau

Tableau is an awesome tool for creating visualizations. A developer will use Tableau desktop to create charts,tables and maps. Before starting on Tableau development, it is good know the important keywords and concepts as used in Tableau.  Important Keywords in Tableau 1. Data – When you launch Tableau desktop , the first thing you do, […]

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How to create different Charts in Tableau – Part 2

In my previous post how-to-create-different-charts-in-tableau-part-1  you have learned how to create Text table,Heat Maps,Maps and Pie charts. In this article i want to share with you some other types of charts. I will use Superstore.xls as data source. Superstore.xls comes with your Tableau installation and can be located in \Documents\My Tableau Repository\Datasources\ 1. Bar Chart Bar chart […]

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