December 2019
Beginner
370 pages
8h 9m
English
Let's plot Profit by Year(Order Date) in rows and Quarter(Order Date) in columns, create a quick calculation for % Difference, and add Profit back into the view by double-clicking on the field in the Data pane (as the table calculation will take over the original Profit field, and it is not possible to add the same calculation twice):

Tableau's default choice was to compute this table calculation along Table (across) and relative to the Previous value, which shows us quarter-over-quarter growth, but not between Q4 and Q1. When Tableau runs across the table, its instructions are only to go across. When it ...
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