![]() (To skip directly to information about setting up R integration, jump to the end of this post) Analyze your data source of choice at the speed of thought With these goals in mind, Tableau 8.1 offers four new functions in the calculated field list: SCRIPT_REAL, SCRIPT_INT, SCRIPT_STR and SCRIPT_BOOL for handling results of different data types from R. Enable consumers of Tableau worksheets and dashboards take advantage of R, simply by interacting with the visualization or widgets without the need to have any knowledge of the language.Bring Tableau’s fluid data exploration experience and broad connectivity options to R users.Give Tableau users access to a rich, ever-expanding collection of statistical analysis and data mining libraries to help them gain deeper insights from their data.When we were working on building a bridge between Tableau and R, we wanted to enable three core scenarios and types of users. The learning resources: Thanks to the active user community, plenty of tutorials and sample code are readily available.The quality: R libraries are enhanced by domain experts and field-tested by the large user base including other experts with real data sets in real analysis scenarios.The rich features: R has an estimated user community of 2 million, which includes thousands of contributors from different domains expanding the language’s capabilities through new libraries.The cost: While commercial distributions exist, open-source R is free.R has been a very popular language among statisticians but in the past few years, it has become the language of choice for a much broader group of data enthusiasts. In this second in a series of posts about the upcoming Tableau 8.1 release, I get to introduce one of the most exciting new features in Tableau 8.1: R integration. Reference Materials Toggle sub-navigation.Teams and Organizations Toggle sub-navigation.Plans and Pricing Toggle sub-navigation.
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