I am giving this book only 3 stars. Of course, I have only myself to blame. Having already had a fair bit of exposure to Tableau, I was looking for some good books to improve my skills. Going by the recommendations on a blog, I chose this book to begin with. Well, who am I kidding?! Everybody knows that ‘For Dummies’ series is just that, for dummies (absolute beginners). Having already dealt with Tableau, I found most of the content here to be too basic to be of any use to me.
Having said that, this is a good book, if you are an absolute beginner, having no idea about data visualization or Tableau. It will guide the learner step by step, starting from the menu options and toolbars. It also gives a fair bit of introduction into some of the advanced ways of Tableau. But it all stops only at the introductory level. Don’t expect yourself to become well-versed in Tableau by reading this book.
Another shortcoming is that this book has no practical exercises. It feels like a picture book for children, sharing screengrabs for every option. It tries to teach everything by mere theory, which, as we all know, isn’t the right way to learn anything, especially computer technology. Overall, this is good for those taking baby steps into Tableau. Nothing more than that.
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