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Tableau Desktop Specialist: Understanding Tableau Concepts

by Pooja Crahen

Understanding what Tableau will draw as you drag and drop can be a little tricky. In this course, you’ll learn the differences between discrete vs. continuous, dimensions vs. measures and concepts of aggregations.

What you'll learn

In order to seek insights from the data, it needs to be summarized. In this course, Tableau Desktop Specialist: Understanding Tableau Concepts, you’ll gain the ability to differentiate between discrete and continuous fields and learn how to use different types of aggregations for dimensions and measures.

First, you’ll explore how Tableau organizes data into dimensions andmeasures. Next, you’ll discover the difference between dimensions and measures. Finally, you’ll learn how to aggregate dimensions and measures.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of data organization and discrete vs. continuous fields needed to understand what Tableau will draw as you drag and drop

About the author

Pooja joined Pluralsight in 2018 as a Lead Analytics Engineer. She is a recognized 2x Tableau Zen Master and an accomplished analytics and visualizations practitioner. As an expert in her field, Pooja has spoken about her passion for data at various different conferences globally. Together with Adam Crahen of Pluralsight, she co-founded thedataduo.com where they feature a large gallery of data visualizations on a variety of different topics. The work by The Data Duo has made an appearance on UNI... more

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