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Published inMar 2019
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Joshua N. Milligan
Joshua N. Milligan
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Joshua N. Milligan

Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
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Quick Table Calculations

Quick Table Calculations are predefined Table Calculations that can be applied to any field used as a measure in the view. These calculations include common and useful calculations such as running total, difference, percent difference, percent of total, rank, percentile, moving average, YTD total, compound growth rate, Year over Year Growth, and YTD growth. You'll find applicable options on the drop-down list on a field used as a measure in the view, as shown in the following screenshot:

Consider the following example using the sample Superstore Sales data:

Here, Sales over time are shown. Sales has been placed on the Rows shelf twice and the second SUM(Sales) field has had the Running Total Quick Table Calculation applied. Using the Quick Table Calculation avoided writing any code.

You can actually see the code that the Quick Table Calculations...
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Learning Tableau 2019 - Third Edition
Published in: Mar 2019Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781788839525

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Joshua N. Milligan

Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
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