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Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public

You're reading from   Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public Illustrate your data in a more interactive and interesting way using Tableau Public

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
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ISBN-13 9781849694766
Length 218 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Tableau Public 2. Tableau Public Interface Features FREE CHAPTER 3. Connecting to Data 4. Visualization – Tips and Types 5. Calculations 6. Level of Detail and Table Calculations 7. Dashboard Design and Styling 8. Filters and Actions 9. Publishing Your Work Index

The level of detail calculations


The level of detail calculations (LOD) enable you to tell Tableau Public at exactly which dimensional level you would like to aggregate without having to place that dimension on the visualization. Additionally, you can include or exclude dimensions in the calculations and create calculations that include all the underlying data.

The following are the three types of LOD calculations:

  • FIXED: This computes a value for the dimension that you specify

  • INCLUDE: This computes at a dimensional level and is not included in the visualization itself

  • EXCLUDE: This excludes a dimension that is a part of the visualization

LOD has a big caveat. While you can perform table calculations on them and create aggregations and functions within them, you cannot include table calculations in them.

A FIXED LOD calculation

Each LOD calculation has the following three features that are different from those that we have discussed before:

  • The LOD expression type: In this case, the LOD expression...

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