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Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

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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 Section 1: Getting Started with Tableau
Building Your Data Model Section 2: Answering Questions with Data
Working with Worksheets Analyzing Data Using Charts Visualizing Geographic Data Understanding Simple Calculations in Tableau Section 3: Advanced Tableau
Tableau Table Calculations Level of Detail Expressions Leveraging Analytics Capabilities Building Your Dashboards Mock Test A + B (Assessment) Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating quick table calculations

The easiest way to create a table calculation is to start with the Quick Table Calculations options.

Every pill representing a measure (including a count or distinct counts of dimensions), whether discrete or continuous, holds the Quick Table Calculation option in its own menu:

Using one of the options presented here will replace the current aggregation with a table calculation, and the pill will then include a Δ sign to signify that the calculation is now a table calculation. Let's go through the different options available.

Different options for quick calculations

There are 11 options in total to create quick table calculations:

  • Running Total progressively sums the aggregated...
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