25.2. Tableau Part 1 - Introduction to Visualization

25.2.1. Reading

Read the following articles:

Note

Many of these articles were written for Tableau Desktop, however, a lot of the materials covered in these articles are applicable to Tableau Public.

The Tableau Workspace.

• Keep this as a resource for terminology and locations of many Tableau features.

Structure Data for Analysis.

Data types.

Dimensions and Measures, Blue and Green.

25.2.2. Check Your Understanding

Question

Match the following terms with their definition.

Granularity	Item within a field.
Aggregation	Also known as a field.
Column	How multiple values are combined to create a singular value.
Value	How detailed the data is.

Question

Match the following terms with the description that best fits.

Dimensions	Unbroken whole. Come into view as an axis.
Measures	Quantiatative
Discrete	Qualitative
Continuous	Individually separate or distinct. Come into view as label and create panes

Question

What is breaking a list of years into decades an example of?

Question

What is shifting a table from a wide format into a long format called?

Question

Normalization reduces redundant data and simplified the organization of the database.

1. True

2. False

Question

You cannot join tables in Tableau.

1. True

2. False

Question

Match the following:

Green measures and dimensions are:	Axes
Blue measures and dimensions are:	Headers
Continuous fields produce:	Discrete
Discrete fields create:	Continuous