THE TABLEAU APPLICATION SUITE
Some readers may have bought this book because they already have one or more Tableau products installed on their machine and would like to jump right in and learn how to use them. But for those who are not so familiar with the different Tableau products, here is a quick overview:
Tableau Desktop Tableau Desktop is an application for Windows and Mac, appreciated by both analysts and business users. In Tableau Desktop, you can connect to flat files (such as Excel and CSV files) and save your workbooks to your local hard drive. To tap into an organization's IT infrastructure, you can also use Tableau Desktop to connect to a host of different database solutions, and you can share your workbooks via Tableau Server or the cloud‐based Tableau Online.
Tableau Prep Tableau Prep is the latest addition to the Tableau product suite and is designed to help you prepare your data before you analyze it in Tableau Desktop. The visual interface allows you to quickly...