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Pivoting data is one of my favorite uses of the Data Prep tool. I’ve done this task in a variety of tools over the years, but none were as easy or as intuitive as Prep. As usual, we begin with a short discussion of when and why you might want to pivot (or unpivot) your data.

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Costello, T., Blackshear, L. (2020). Pivoting Data. In: Prepare Your Data for Tableau. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5497-4_10

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