January 2023
Beginner
276 pages
6h 9m
English
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Working with Dimensions, Measures, and Marks (Oh My)
Building any data visualization in Tableau requires knowledge of data dimensions, data measures, and working with the Marks card. Understanding how they work together to display your data provides you with a significant Tableau skill base to further develop as a practitioner. In addition, working with dimensions and marks is pertinent for examining Sharing Insights (Domain 3) and Understanding Tableau Concepts (Domain 4).
In this chapter, you will learn about data dimensions, data measures, the usage of discrete versus continuous fields, working with the Mark card, and being able to apply these concepts to understand how to create various visualizations. This is foundational knowledge necessary ...