Learning Tableau 2025
Leverage Tableau's newest features to revolutionize your data storytelling with AI-enhanced insights
6th Edition
Published on 8. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
590 pages
978-1-83588-678-6 (ISBN)
Description
Explore the full potential of Tableau and learn how to draw valuable insights from data directly from a Tableau Visionary and Zen Master
Key Features
Learn Tableau's foundational principles while exploring new AI features like Tableau Pulse and Agent
Transform complex datasets into interactive insights with Tableau Prep
Gain deeper insights using geospatial analysis and advanced methods
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book DescriptionTableau 2025 marks a new era in data visualization and analysis, bringing together advanced AI integrations and dynamic user experiences. This sixth edition, written by Tableau Visionary and Zen Master Joshua Miligan, is an end-to-end guide to mastering the latest innovations in Tableau that transform raw data into actionable insights.
This edition introduces groundbreaking features like Tableau AI (including Tableau Pulse and Tableau Agent), enhancing your analytical capabilities with AI-driven data exploration and automated insights. With detailed walkthroughs, you'll learn to build dynamic dashboards that respond to your data in real time and work with sophisticated AI functionalities that predict trends and model scenarios.
Whether you're a seasoned data professional or new to Tableau, this book provides the tools you need to leverage Tableau's full potential. From integrating diverse data sources using the enhanced data model to employing advanced geospatial functions for detailed mapping, every chapter is packed with expert knowledge and practical applications designed to put powerful analytics at your fingertips.What you will learn
Implement advanced AI features to streamline data analysis
Build and customize dynamic dashboards for interactive data storytelling
Leverage new geospatial functions for comprehensive mapping
Enhance data prep with Tableau Prep's new features
Integrate and analyze data from multiple sources effectively
Share your data stories to build a culture of trust and action
Who this book is forThis Tableau book is for aspiring BI developers and data analysts, data scientists, researchers, and anyone else who wants to gain a deeper understanding of data using Tableau. This book takes you from the ground up, so you won't need any prior experience with Tableau before you dive in, but a full Tableau license (or 14-day demo license) is essential to be able to make use of all the exercises.
Key Features
Learn Tableau's foundational principles while exploring new AI features like Tableau Pulse and Agent
Transform complex datasets into interactive insights with Tableau Prep
Gain deeper insights using geospatial analysis and advanced methods
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book DescriptionTableau 2025 marks a new era in data visualization and analysis, bringing together advanced AI integrations and dynamic user experiences. This sixth edition, written by Tableau Visionary and Zen Master Joshua Miligan, is an end-to-end guide to mastering the latest innovations in Tableau that transform raw data into actionable insights.
This edition introduces groundbreaking features like Tableau AI (including Tableau Pulse and Tableau Agent), enhancing your analytical capabilities with AI-driven data exploration and automated insights. With detailed walkthroughs, you'll learn to build dynamic dashboards that respond to your data in real time and work with sophisticated AI functionalities that predict trends and model scenarios.
Whether you're a seasoned data professional or new to Tableau, this book provides the tools you need to leverage Tableau's full potential. From integrating diverse data sources using the enhanced data model to employing advanced geospatial functions for detailed mapping, every chapter is packed with expert knowledge and practical applications designed to put powerful analytics at your fingertips.What you will learn
Implement advanced AI features to streamline data analysis
Build and customize dynamic dashboards for interactive data storytelling
Leverage new geospatial functions for comprehensive mapping
Enhance data prep with Tableau Prep's new features
Integrate and analyze data from multiple sources effectively
Share your data stories to build a culture of trust and action
Who this book is forThis Tableau book is for aspiring BI developers and data analysts, data scientists, researchers, and anyone else who wants to gain a deeper understanding of data using Tableau. This book takes you from the ground up, so you won't need any prior experience with Tableau before you dive in, but a full Tableau license (or 14-day demo license) is essential to be able to make use of all the exercises.
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1086 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83588-678-6 (9781835886786)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Visionary (Zen Master) and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Resultant, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
Content
Table of Contents
Taking Off with Tableau
Connecting to Data and Tableau
Moving Beyond Basic Visualization
Starting an Adventure with Calculations
Leveraging Level of Detail Calculations
Diving Deep with Table Calculations
Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards
Visual Analytics: Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting
Advanced Visualization
Dynamic Dashboards
Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features
Understanding the Tableau Data Model, Joins, and Blends
Structuring Messy Data to Work Well in Tableau
Taming Data with Tableau Prep
Extending Tableau: Extensions and Scripts
AI-Assisted Analysis: Tableau Agent and Tableau Pulse
Taking Off with Tableau
Connecting to Data and Tableau
Moving Beyond Basic Visualization
Starting an Adventure with Calculations
Leveraging Level of Detail Calculations
Diving Deep with Table Calculations
Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well
Telling a Data Story with Dashboards
Visual Analytics: Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting
Advanced Visualization
Dynamic Dashboards
Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features
Understanding the Tableau Data Model, Joins, and Blends
Structuring Messy Data to Work Well in Tableau
Taming Data with Tableau Prep
Extending Tableau: Extensions and Scripts
AI-Assisted Analysis: Tableau Agent and Tableau Pulse