Visualizations for exploratory analysis of trends

Analyzing Data in Tableau

Lis Sulmont

Head of Curriculum Expansion at DataCamp

Looking for trends

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  • Marketing opportunities
  • Scheduling maintenance
  • Managing size and scheduling of staff
  • Increasing or decreasing product stock or availability
  • Hourly, daily monthly, annual
Analyzing Data in Tableau

Configuring data on Tableau

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Analyzing Data in Tableau

Discrete or continuous time analysis?

Discrete (bins):

  • Trends by hour, day of the week, month, etc

Continuous (time series):

  • Presenting data over time in the sequence it historically occurred
Analyzing Data in Tableau

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Continuous vs. discrete

Bar plot showing the sales amount for every month within every year

Bar plot showing the sales amount for every month over the years

Analyzing Data in Tableau

Let's practice!

Analyzing Data in Tableau

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