Lesson 2

IS428 Visual Analytics for Business Intelligence

About

Weekly Session

Assignments

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

Core Readings

• 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs

Optional Readings

• Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/quantitative_literacy_across_curriculum.pdf) • Tapping the Power of Visual Perception (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/ie/visual_perception.pdf) • Sometimes We Must Raise Our Voices (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/sometimes_we_must_raise_our_voices.pdf) • Best Practices for Understanding Quantitative Data (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/quantitative_data.pdf) • Data Visualization: Rules for Encoding Values in Graph (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/encoding_values_in_graph.pdf) • Choosing Colors for Data Visualization (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/b-eye/choosing_colors.pdf) • Line Graphs and Irregular Intervals: An Incompatible Partnership (http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/line_graphs_and_irregular_intervals.pdf)

All About Tableau

• Formatting

• The Formatting Pane

• Trend Lines

• Reference Lines

• Getting Started with Dashboards and Stories

• Getting Started with Calculation

• Calculation Syntax

• Introduction to LOD Expressions

• Intro to Table Calculations

• Modifying Table Calculations

• Aggregate Calculations

• Date Calculations

• Logic Calculation

• String Calculation

• Number Calculation

• Type Calculation

• Conceptual Topics with LOD Expressions

• Aggregation and Replication with LOD Expressions

• Nested LOD Expressions