Chapter 9. Tableau for Presentations

I was surprised to discover one week that one of my students was a neonatal pediatric surgeon. This is outside the typical demographic of Tableau aficionados! At the root of the doctor's reasons for attending the class was the need to tell a story. Over her years of practice, she had observed a correlation between the use of certain cardiac medications and future neurodevelopment. But of course, it was not enough to merely personally observe the correlation. The goal of facilitating change in the medical and pharmaceutical communities required hard, demonstrable proof. Someone had introduced the doctor to Tableau, which for her was a eureka moment. Here she had found a tool that would allow her to present her findings. Naturally, there was much work to do to gather and structure data for effective reporting, but with such a compelling story with the potential to alter many lives, the good doctor was motivated. I look forward to reading her findings in...