tableau public overview

BEN JONESbjones@tableausoftware.com

@DataRemixed

Telling better stories with data on the web

What is it?Who uses it?

Why do they use it?How do they use it?

FREE Windows software to quickly create and share interactive data graphics on the web

What is

Who uses it?

Why Do They Use It?

Interactive Data =

Engagement+ Dwell Time

= Increased Traffic

+ Social Sharing

Recent examples

April 15th, 2013 April 16th, 2013

Top: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/19/shot-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-featured-terror-links-on-youtube//

Bot: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2013/04/18/boston-marathon-bombings-prove-tourniquet-is-lifesaver/Right: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/apr/16/data-store-boston-marathon-explosions

Bottom Left: http://hetivalasz.hu/vilag/apokalipszis-japanban-36137

March 11th, 2011 March 12th, 2011

Top Left: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/03/interactive-graphic-japans-dea.htmlRight:

In minutes.

http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2013/05/28/case-shiller-seattle-home-prices-shot-up-in-march/

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1578198-tras-el-feriado-el-dolar-blue-avanza-hoy-y-sigue-sin-dar-respiro

Left:

Right:

..monthly or quarterly dashboards (think “Jobs Friday”)

Interactive Dashboards

http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/outbreak-human-infections-avian-influenza-ah7n9-virus

Multi-Modal Visualizations

Embed YouTube Embed Google Maps

http://dataremixed.com/2013/06/how-to-embed-a-google-map-in-tableau/

http://www.osmguy.com/2013/04/mlb-integration-by-team-visualization/Left:

Right:

Optimized for mobile

http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/AvalanchesT8/Dashboard2?:mobile=y

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Award Winning Data Journalism

http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/Ref:

Usage of Tableau Public is Growing

http://www.tableausoftware.com/about/blog/2013/2/crossing-100-million-milestone-21304

50K users, 150M views (and counting)

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Tableau Desktop now free through IRE

For journalists, bloggers, and researchers• Connect to .xlsx, .txt., .csv, odata• Save to the web• Embed & share

For companies & individuals• Connect to many

sources• Save locally• Server version available

http://ire.org/blog/ire-news/2013/06/20/tableau-makes-its-desktop-software-free-ire-member/

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