Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Trend lines

Tableau can create the usual Trend Lines (Linear, Logarithmic, Exponential, Polynomial, Power) using the option with the same name in the Analytics bar and dragging and dropping it onto the view:

If the Trend Line option is not available for selection in the sidebar, this usually is because you need both axes to be measures, or a date and a measure. This will be indicated when hovering over the grayed-out option.

For instance, using the Global Superstore dataset, we can add Profit to rows, Sales to columns, Order ID to Detail marks, and filtering for orders where Order Profitable? is Profitable. Then, we can drop the Trend Line ...