Tableau Related Blogs

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I thought I will summarise all my Tableau related blog at one spot


Tableau Forum
http://community.tableausoftware.com/people/venkatachalam.veerabagusubramanian/content


Blogger
http://venkat-echo.blogspot.com.au/search/label/tableau


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