Tableau: Creating Interactive Data Visualizations

Profiting from Big Data to rev your visualization

We live in a world where everything is Big Data. Many organizations are burdened with too much data, and it is a common problem. The problem is made worse by the fact that many people aren't sure what to do with the data due to its size and complexity. In today's enterprises, data is often in disparate locations as well as growing in size. This situation is reflected in this recipe since it requires a lot of "moving parts" to be put together, such as the downloaded data, the Hortonworks Sandbox, and Tableau.

For the purposes of simplicity and clarity, we will simply use a small amount of data rather than a Big Data source. This will help you to manipulate the data more easily since it is in an accessible ...