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Tableau 10 Complete Reference
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Tableau 10 Complete Reference

by Joshua N. Milligan, Tristan Guillevin
December 2018
Beginner to intermediate
496 pages
10h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Discrete fields

Discrete (blue) fields have values that are shown as distinct and separate from each other. Discrete values can be reordered and still make sense.

When a discrete field is used on the Rows or Columns shelves, the field defines headers. Here the discrete field Region defines column headers:

Here, it defines row headers:

When used for color, a discrete field defines a discrete color palette in which each color aligns with a distinct value of the field:

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