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Learning Tableau 10

You're reading from   Learning Tableau 10 Business Intelligence and data visualization that brings your business into focus

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786466358
Length 432 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Joshua N. Milligan Joshua N. Milligan
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Preface 1. Creating Your First Visualizations and Dashboard FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Data in Tableau 3. Moving from Foundational to More Advanced Visualizations 4. Using Row-Level, Aggregate, and Level of Detail Calculations 5. Table Calculations 6. Formatting a Visualization to Look Great and Work Well 7. Telling a Data Story with Dashboards 8. Deeper Analysis – Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting 9. Making Data Work for You 10. Advanced Visualizations, Techniques, Tips, and Tricks 11. Sharing Your Data Story

Relative versus fixed


You can compute table calculations in one of the following two ways:

  • Relative: The table calculation will be computed relative to the layout of the table. They might move across or down the table. As we'll see, the key for relative table calculations is scope and direction. When you set a table calculation to use a relative computation, it will continue to use the same relative scope and direction, even if you rearrange the view.

  • Fixed: The table calculation will be computed using one or more dimensions. Rearranging those dimensions may change whether the table calculation is moving across or down the table (or even in a more complex pattern). Here, the scope and direction remain fixed to one or more dimensions, no matter where they are moved within the view. When we talk about fixed table calculations, we'll focus on the concepts of partitioning and addressing.

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