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Grouping and Filtering
Introduction
This chapter will cover the various methods available in Tableau Desktop for grouping values together both across and within fields. This will be followed by a description of the different filtering functionalities in Tableau, including how to configure different types, how to apply filters to multiple worksheets, and the order by which filters operate. The chapter will finish with an explanation of Tableau’s parameters and the common use cases for them.
Tableau Desktop’s great strength is the ease with which users can manipulate their data and visualize it in different ways. Tableau Desktop allows users to quickly create custom fields based on groupings of values in existing fields, all within the user ...
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