Tableau Public Overview

A slide deck that provides an overview of the use cases and benefits of Tableau Public

1. BEN JONES [email protected] @ DataRemixed

2. Telling better stories with data on the web What is it? Who uses it? Why do they use it? How do they use it?

3. FREE Windows software to quickly create and share interactive data graphics on the web What is

4. Who uses it?

5. Why Do They Use It? Interactive Data = Engagement + Dwell Time = Increased Traffic + Social Sharing

6. Recent examples

7. April 15 th , 2013 April 16 th , 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

8. Bottom Left:   http :// hetivalasz.hu/vilag/apokalipszis-japanban-36137 March 11 th , 2011 March 12 th , 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.html Right:

9. 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 d ashboards (think “Jobs Friday”)

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

11. 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:

12. Optimized for mobile http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/AvalanchesT8/Dashboard2?:mobile=y Ref:

13. Award Winning Data Journalism http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/ Ref:

14. 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) Ref:

15. 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/ Ref: