Presented @ Ottawa Tableau User Group - April 8, 2014 Building Network Graphs with Tableau Sample data and walkthrough on http://stephanefrechette.com/network-graphs-tableau/

1. Building Network Graphs
with Tableau
Stéphane Fréchette - stephanefrechette@ukubu.com!
Blog: stephanefrechette.com!
Twitter: @sfrechette

2. What is a Network Graph?

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

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

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

6. “A picture is worth a thousand words”

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

8. Tableau is a “Swiss Army Knife”
for Data Visualization

9. Data preparation is key!

10. Demo - A simple Network Graph

11. 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)

12. What question do you have?

13. Thank you for attending