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Which one of the following best describes measures? Text based data Qualitative data Quantitative data Map based data - Answer- Quantitative data How to concatenate two strings ? The plus sign (+) AND Using Concat() OR - Answer- + Which of the following are table calculations ? (Select all that apply) Rank Running Sum Percent of total Moving Average - Answer- rank, percent of total, moving average To explore the relationship between two measures in th...

When editing a view in a dashboard, what are the two ways you can select the view to display its options menu? Select two answer - Answer- 1. Under Sheets, Click the view in the list 2. On the dashboard, click the view Suppose your team has asked you to change a highlight table, using a different color scheme. Which botton allows you to make that type of changes? - Answer- Edit In this dashboard, you want to change the colors used in the Sales by Product Category view. Which item do you se...

What are the three different Tableau file types? Explain each one - Answer- 1. .twb - You can only see the visualizations; cannot manipulate the data 2. .tbwx - This will include the data and allows for changes to be made 3. .tds - The mapping file in Tableau What are the two kinds of connections? - Answer- 1. Live 2. Extract What are the differences between the live and extract connections? - Answer- Live is slower, but if you make a change to the excel sheet it will be reflected in Ta...

1. State the best reason for using an extract instead of a live connection? - Answer- You need to apply an aggregation that takes too long when using a live connection. 2. State what should be used to create a calculated field that returns data independent of the data granularity in a view? - Answer- • A FIXED LOD calculation 3. Mention, what should be specified to connect to multiple tables in a single data source at one time. - Answer- Join 4. A field that shows average home values ...