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All About Data – Data Densification, Cubes, and Big Data
Many data-related questions that Tableau newbies have are not related to data preparation, joins, unions, data blending, or data structures. Some of those questions are as follows:
- I just created a table calculation and observed that the view displays numbers that don't exist in the underlying data. Why?
- We use SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) in my organization. What should I know about how Tableau works with cubes?
- How does Tableau work with big data?
This chapter will continue the data discussion from the previous chapters by addressing the topics these three preceding questions target, respectively: data densification, working with cubes, and Tableau and big data.
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