Communicating Data with Tableau

Author: Ben Jones (@DataRemixed)

Description: Go beyond spreadsheets and tables and design a data presentation that really makes an impact. This practical guide shows you how to use Tableau Software to convert raw data into compelling data visualizations that provide insight or allow viewers to explore the data for themselves.

Ideal for analysts, engineers, marketers, journalists, and researchers, this book describes the principles of communicating data and takes you on an in-depth tour of common visualization methods. You’ll learn how to craft articulate and creative data visualizations with Tableau Desktop 8.1 or higher and Tableau Public Desktop 8.1 or higher.

To open the example files with Tableau Public, click on an “interactive” link and click “Download” in the bottom right corner of the viz in the browser. To open the example files with Tableau Desktop, do the same, or click on the .twbx links below.

Order: O’Reilly, Amazon

View CDWT book Tableau Public author profile page for thumbnails with links

Download all example files in the book: CDWT_Example_Files.zip (56MB)

Chapter 1: Communicating Data

• Apple Employment: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 2: Introduction to Tableau

•   NY Boroughs: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 3: How Much and How Many

• DSNY Garbage Collection Amounts: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• NYC Rat Sightings 1: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 4: Rates and Ratios

• DSNY Collection Rates and Ratios: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• NYC Community District Population: .xlsx

Chapter 5: Proportions and Percentages

• 2012 NY Stats: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx 
• 2011-12 AL Home Runs: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx 

Chapter 6: Mean and Median

• 2012 MLB Stats: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• 2012 MLS Player Salaries: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx 

Chapter 7: Variation and Uncertainty

• Showing Variation: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Control Charts: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
  •  Signals: .doc
  • MR_Signals: .doc
• Chess Confidence Intervals: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 8: Multiple Quantities

• Gretzky Tribute: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• NHL Top 100: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 9: Changes Over Time

• MLB Connected Scatterplots: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• NYC Rat Sightings 2: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Presidential Gantt: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Slopegraphs: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 10: Maps and Location

• NY Boroughs 2: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Global Internet Usage: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 11: Advanced Maps

• NFL Team Logo Map: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• NFL Stadiums: interactive, .twbx, .xlsxshapes
• 2012 Hurricanes: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• US Voting Demographics: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• G20 Trade vs GDP: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 12: The Joy of Dashboards

• Periodic Table: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• DSNY Collection Scatterplot: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Fantasy Basketball Stats: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Avalanche Fatalities: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• 2013 Data Journalism Awards: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Fearless Felix: interactive, .twbx
• DataRemixed Website Stats: interactive, .twbx
• One Nation Under Fire: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Diabetes Prevalence: interactive, .twbx

Chapter 13: Building Dashboards

• Internet Growth: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Internet Growth with Defaults: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Internet Nordics: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Internet China: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx

Chapter 14: Advanced Dashboard Features

• Internet Combined: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Internet Combined with Nav: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Glasgow’s Watching: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx, header image
• Four Principles of Data Storytelling: interactive, .twbx
• Bridges in Washington: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx
• Aaron’s LegoTube: interactive, .twbx, .xlsx