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Mastering Tableau 2021

You're reading from   Mastering Tableau 2021 Implement advanced business intelligence techniques and analytics with Tableau

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800561649
Length 792 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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David Baldwin David Baldwin
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Marleen Meier Marleen Meier
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Up to Speed – A Review of the Basics 2. All About Data – Getting Your Data Ready FREE CHAPTER 3. Tableau Prep Builder 4. All About Data – Joins, Blends, and Data Structures 5. Table Calculations 6. All About Data – Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data 7. Level of Detail Calculations 8. Beyond the Basic Chart Types 9. Mapping 10. Tableau for Presentations 11. Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design 12. Advanced Analytics 13. Improving Performance 14. Interacting with Tableau Server/Online 15. Programming Tool Integration 16. Another Book You May Enjoy
17. Index

Application of functions

So far, we have covered the first of our two major questions: What is the function? Now we will proceed to the next question: How is the function applied?

Let's try to understand that question via the following three options, which are all applications of the INDEX function:

One Application of INDEX()

Another Application…

...and Another

The INDEX function is used in each of these three screenshots; however, it is applied differently in each. The first and second screenshots both display 1, 2, and 3, but differ directionally. The third screenshot ranges from 1 to 9. So, how is INDEX being applied in each case?

Answering this question...

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