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Add a random forest analysis model to a Tableau viz

Add a random forest analysis model to a Tableau viz

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Add a random forest analysis model to a Tableau viz

- [Instructor] After you define a random forest classification algorithm in R, you can add it to your Tableau workbook. I'll demonstrate how to do that in this movie. My sample file is 0804 add RF and you can find it in the chapter eight folder of the exercises file collection. The first thing I need to do is make sure that I have R serve running. So I will press alt-tab to move to the R console that I already have open. And I'll type library and then in right parentheses and double quotes, R serve. There we go. And then I'll run the R serve process by typing R serve followed by open and close parentheses and enter. And it's running. Now I'll press alt-tab to move back to Tableau. And to connect to that external service, I will go to the help menu, point to settings and performance and click manage external service connection. Here I see that I have R serve selected. The server name is local host. Port is 6311.…

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