Building Network Graphs with Tableau Stéphane Fréchette - [email protected]! Blog: stephanefrechette.com! Twitter: @sfrechette 

What is a Network Graph? 

A “graph" is made up of "vertices" or "nodes" and "lines" called "edges" that connect them… G = (V, E) 

Graphs can be used to model many types of relations and processes. Many practical problems can be represented by graphs 

To visualize relationships, connections and associations in networks Why we build them? 

“A picture is worth a thousand words” 

Tableau’s Out of the Box Network Graphs? None! Not really… 

Tableau is a “Swiss Army Knife” for Data Visualization 

Data preparation is key! 

Demo - A simple Network Graph 

Resources NodeXL: https://nodexl.codeplex.com/ Gephi: https://gephi.org/ Fusion Tables: https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/2566732?hl=en TouchGraph Navigator: http://www.touchgraph.com/navigator Graphviz: http://www.graphviz.org/ Cytoscape: http://www.cytoscape.org/ Neo4j: http://www.neo4j.org/ ! Clearly and Simply: Build Network Graphs in Tableau Maarten van Steen: Graph Theory and Complex Networks (free online access) 

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