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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

You're reading from  Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838984137
Pages 370 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (5):
Dmitry Anoshin Dmitry Anoshin
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JC Gillet JC Gillet
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Fabian Peri Fabian Peri
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Radhika Biyani Radhika Biyani
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Gleb Makarenko Gleb Makarenko
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau
2. Building Your Data Model 3. Section 2: Answering Questions with Data
4. Working with Worksheets 5. Analyzing Data Using Charts 6. Visualizing Geographic Data 7. Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau 8. Section 3: Advanced Tableau
9. Tableau Table Calculations 10. Level of Detail Expressions 11. Leveraging Analytics Capabilities 12. Building Your Dashboards 13. Mock Test A + B (Assessment) 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in this chapter.

Q: If I'm not using any dimension filters, is there a difference between using a Percent of Total table calculation and using FIXED/EXCLUDE calculations?

A: While they will, in general, yield the same results, there a few exceptions that we have discussed in this chapter, and the main reason for the differences is the order of operations. FIXED calculations will remain unchanged by dimension and measure filters, EXCLUDE calculations will remain unchanged by measure filters (but not by dimension filters), and table calculations will be affected by both dimension and measure filters.

Q: Do LOD calculations have to use fields that are already included in the view? Can LOD calculations aggregate at a different level than the one determined by the fields chosen in the view?

A:...

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