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For self-service data preparation, Tableau Prep is relatively easy to use-as long as you know how to clean and organize your datasets. Based on the popular blog Preppin' Data, this practical guide takes you step-by-step through the fundamentals of data preparation using this popular tool. Carl...

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Autor principal: Allchin, Carl (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2020.
Edición:1st edition.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)

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505 0 |a Intro -- Preface -- Why I Wrote This Book -- Who This Book Is For -- How This Book Is Organized -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Using Code Examples -- O'Reilly Online Learning -- How to Contact Us -- 1. Why Self-Service Data Prep? -- A Short History of Self-Service Data Visualization -- Accessing the "Right Data" -- The Self-Service Data Preparation Opportunity -- Tableau Prep Up and Running -- Summary -- I. Getting Started -- 2. Getting Started with Tableau Prep Builder -- Where to Get Tableau Prep Builder -- How to Get a License for Prep Builder 
505 8 |a The Tableau Prep Builder Screen -- Basic Steps of Data Preparation -- Input Step -- Clean Step -- Output Step -- Saving a Flow -- Summary -- 3. Planning Your Prep -- Stage 1: Know Your Data -- Stage 2: Identify the Desired State -- Stage 3: Determine the Required Transitions from KYD to the Desired State -- Stage 4: Build the Workflow -- Summary -- 4. Shaping Data -- What to Look for in Incoming Data Sets -- What Shape Is Best for Analysis in Tableau? -- Changing Data Set Structures in Prep Builder -- Pivot -- Aggregate -- Join -- Union 
505 8 |a Applying Restructuring Techniques to the Ice Cream Example -- Step 1: Pivot Columns to Rows -- Step 2: Pivot Rows to Columns -- Summary -- 5. Connecting to Data in Files -- Files Upon Files Upon Files -- Spreadsheets -- Other File Types -- Where to Find Your Data Files -- How to Connect to Files in Prep -- Considerations for Saving Flows with File Inputs -- Summary -- 6. Connecting to a Database -- What Is a Database? -- How to Connect to a Database Within Prep Builder -- When to Avoid Connecting to a Database -- Summary -- II. Data Types -- 7. Dealing with Numbers -- What Do We Mean by Numbers? 
505 8 |a Types of Numbers -- Category or Measure? -- Aggregation -- Formatting Numbers -- Functions for Mastering Numerical Data -- Summary -- 8. Dealing with Dates -- Why Are Dates Important? -- Parts of a Date -- Date Lookup Tables -- Epoch Dates -- Excel Serial Number -- Entering Dates -- The makedate() Function -- The dateparse() Function -- Summary -- 9. Dealing with String Data -- What Do We Mean by Strings? -- How String Data Is Different -- Character Order -- Formatting Considerations -- Names -- Case sensitivity -- Addresses -- Spaces -- Poor or inconsistent spelling 
505 8 |a Common Functions for Preparing String Data -- Grouping and Replace Options for Working with String Data -- Summary -- 10. Dealing with Boolean Data -- What Is Boolean Data? -- Why Is It So Useful in Data Analysis? -- Functions Featuring Boolean Logic -- IIF() -- contains() -- IsDate() -- IsNull() -- IF/THEN -- CASE -- Summary -- III. The Shape of Data -- 11. Profiling Data -- What Is a Profile? -- Why Visualizing the Data Set Is Important -- Anscombe's Quartet -- Visualizations Versus Data Tables -- How Prep Builder Profiles Data -- Generating Histograms and Mini-Histograms 
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