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Tableau 7 Glossary Flashcards

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What is?

An _______ is interactivity that you can add to your views. There are three kinds of _______: Filter, Highlight, and URL.

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Action

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An _______ results from a mathematical operation applied to a measure. Predefined _______ include summation, average, and so on. Dimensions can be converted to measures by aggregating them as a count.

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Aggregation

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An _______ is an alternative name assigned to a field or to a dimension member. Tableau supports both field _______ and member _______.

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Alias

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An _______ is displayed in a table when you place a continuous field on the Rows or Columns shelf. The _______ labels are given by the name of the measure.

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Axis

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_______ contain the data view from a single worksheet. You can create and display _______ using the Bookmark menu.

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Bookmarks

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A description of the current view on the active worksheet. For example, “Sum of Sales for each Market”. _______ can be automatically generated or custom. Show and hide the _______ by selecting Worksheet > Show _______

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Caption

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Any table you create in Tableau has the _______ as its basic element. Controlling _______ to enhance your data view is useful for text tables and heat maps.

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Cell

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The _______ displays the colors associated with a measure or dimension members. The default legend is modified when you place a dimension or a measure on the Color shelf.

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Color Legend

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The _______ allows you to encode data by assigning different colors to the marks in a data view. The shelf accepts a measures or a dimension.

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Color Shelf

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The _______ allows you to create the columns of a data table. The shelf accepts any number of dimensions and measures.

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Columns Shelf

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In Tableau, a _______ is another name for a text table. Text tables provide an easy way to display the numbers associated with dimension members.

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Cross-tab

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Tableau comes with built in geocoding data so that you can plot your data on a map. _______ is when you add your own location data to extend the built in geocoding.

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Custom Geocoding

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A _______ is a collection of several worksheets shown in a single location where you can compare and monitor a variety of data simultaneously.

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Dashboard

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To build data views, you must connect to a _______ . Tableau supports many standard relational and multidimensional (OLAP) sources.

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Data Source

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A _______ , also referred to simply as a view, is a representation of your data in a Tableau worksheet or dashboard. You can create data views by placing fields on shelves.

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Data View / View

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The _______ displays the fields of the data sources to which Tableau is connected. The fields are divided into dimensions and measures. The _______ also displays custom fields such as calculations, binned fields, and groups.

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Data window

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_______ are independent fields. Dimensions typically hold discrete data such as hierarchies and members that cannot be aggregated. Examples of _______ include dates, customer names, and customer segments. Tableau does, however, support continuous dimensions.

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Dimensions

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In Tableau, _______ refers to a particular visual representation of your data. You can encode your data by color, shape, size, and path using the associated worksheet shelves.

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Encoding

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_______ are titles that indicate the fields that are used in a view. For example, in a view that has rows for East, Central, and West might have a Region field label at the top of the column indicating that each row is a member of the Region field.

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Field Label

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What is?

_______ is another name for a dimension or a measure. All databases contain fields. _______ contain data.

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Fields

21
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What is?

The _______ allows you to exclude data from a view. You can filter data using measures, dimensions, and both measures and dimensions at the same time.

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Filters Shelf

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What is?

The _______ is a pane that, when open, displays on the left side of the workbook. The _______ contains formatting settings that control the entire worksheet as well as individual fields in the view.

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Format window

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What is?

A _______ is a field consisting of dimension members that have been combined into higher level categories. For example, a dimension that contains states could be grouped into regions using _______. _______ are marked with a paper clip icon in the Data window.

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Group

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What is?

_______ are displayed in a table when you place a dimension on the Rows or Columns shelf. The _______ labels are given by the dimension member names.

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Headers

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What is?

The _______ allows you to separate the marks in a data view according to the level of detail (members) of a dimension.

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Level of Detail Shelf

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What is?

_______ visually represent one or more rows in a data source. _______ types can be a bar, line, square, and so on. You can control the type, color, and size of _______.

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Marks

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What is?

_______ are fields that are dependent variables. They are typically quantitative fields or calculated fields like sales, temperature or frequency. Discrete _______ can also be created in Tableau.

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Measures

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What is?

In Tableau, a _______ can be a Microsoft Analysis Services cube or an Oracle Essbase cube.

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Multidimensional Data Source

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What is?

The _______ lets you split a view into a sequence of pages based on the members and values in a discrete or continuous field. Adding a field to the _______ is like adding a field to the Rows shelf except a new page is created for each new row.

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Pages Shelf

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What is?

Tables consist of one or more _______. The number of panes in a view depends on the number and type of fields placed on the Rows and Columns shelves.

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Pane

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What is?

The _______ allows you to encode data by connecting marks using a particular drawing order. The shelf accepts measures and dimensions.

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Path Shelf

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What is?

Tableau communicates with your databases with queries. _______ are questions that databases can understand and answer. Common _______ languages include SQL and MDX.

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Query

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What is?

In Tableau, a _______ can be an Excel workbook, an Access database, a comma delimited text file, a MySQL database, an Oracle database, a SQL Server database, a Firebird database, a PostgreSQL database, or a Tableau Data Extract file.

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Relational Data Source

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What is?

The Tableau _______ holds workbooks, bookmarks, and data sources. It is located in a folder called My Tableau _______ inside of your My Documents folder.

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Repository

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What is?

The _______ allows you to create the rows of a data table. The shelf accepts any number of dimensions and measures. When you place a dimension on the _______, headers for the members of that dimension are created. When you place a measure on the _______, quantitative axes for that measure are created.

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Rows Shelf

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What is?

A _______ is a custom field you create by filtering existing dimensions. They appear at the bottom of the Data window in the Sets area. The three main uses of a _______ are to create a subset of the data, apply a numerical or a top N filter, and to create unique encodings. You can use _______ in data views just like any other dimension.

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Set

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What is?

The _______ displays the shapes associated with dimension members. The legend appears on worksheets that have a dimension placed on the Shape shelf.

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Shape Legend

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What is?

The _______ allows you to encode data by assigning different shapes to the marks in a data view. The shelf accepts dimensions only.

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Shape Shelf

39
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What is?

You build views of your data by placing fields onto the _______ that are a part of every worksheet.

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Shelves

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What is?

The _______ allows you to encode data by assigning different sizes to the marks in a data view. The shelf accepts measures and dimensions.

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Size Shelf

41
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What is?

The visual presentation of a data view is contained within a _______. _______ consist of panes, headers, axes, and cells.

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Table

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What is?

The _______ allows you to view the numbers associated with a data view, and to encode data by assigning text labels to the marks. The most common view using the _______ is a text table. The shelf accepts measures and dimensions.

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Text Shelf

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What is?

You can _______ any action in Tableau by clicking _______ on the toolbar. Likewise, you can _______ any action by clicking _______ on the toolbar.

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Undo/Redo

44
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What is?

_______ hold one or more worksheets and dashboards. By saving a _______, you can save all open sheets in one file that can then be easily shared.

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Workbooks / Packaged Workbooks

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What is?

_______ hold your data views. You can save individual _______ as bookmarks.

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Worksheets

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