Inspecting the worksheet and initial setup

We will now look into the initial setup of a worksheet:

  1. Navigate to https://public.tableau.com/profile/marleen.meier to locate and download the workbook associated with this chapter.
  2. Open the workbook associated with this chapter and navigate to the Fixed and Exclude worksheet.
  1. Select the Superstore data source and inspect the parameter named 1st Dim. Note the following:
    • Data Type: Integer
    • Allowable Values: List
    • Value and Display As:

Value

Display As

Value

Display As

Value

Display As

1

Category

6

Order ID

11

Segment

2

City

7

Postal Code

12

Ship Mode

3

Country

8

Product ID

13

State

4

Customer ID

9

Product Name

14

Sub-Category ...

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