Tableau 7 Glossary

Question 1

What is?

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

Answer 1

Action

Question 2

What is?

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.

Answer 2

Aggregation

Question 3

What is?

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

Answer 3

Alias

Question 4

What is?

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.

Answer 4

Axis

Question 5

What is?

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

Answer 5

Bookmarks

Question 6

What is?

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 _______

Answer 6

Caption

Question 7

What is?

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.

Answer 7

Cell

Question 8

What is?

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.

Answer 8

Color Legend

Question 9

What is?

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.

Answer 9

Color Shelf

Question 10

What is?

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

Answer 10

Columns Shelf

Question 11

What is?

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

Answer 11

Cross-tab

Question 12

What is?

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.

Answer 12

Custom Geocoding

Question 13

What is?

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

Answer 13

Dashboard

Question 14

What is?

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

Answer 14

Data Source

Question 15

What is?

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.

Answer 15

Data View / View

Question 16

What is?

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.

Answer 16

Data window

Question 17

What is?

_______ 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.

Answer 17

Dimensions

Question 18

What is?

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.

Answer 18

Encoding

Question 19

What is?

_______ 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.

Answer 19

Field Label

Question 20

What is?

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

Answer 20

Fields

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

Filters Shelf

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

Format window

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

Group

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

Headers

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Level of Detail Shelf

Question 26

# 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 \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 26

Marks

Question 27

# 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.

Answer 27

Measures

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Multidimensional Data Source

Question 29

# 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.

Answer 29

Pages Shelf

Question 30

# 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.

Answer 30

Pane

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Path Shelf

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Query

Question 33

# 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.

Answer 33

Relational Data Source

Question 34

# 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.

Answer 34

Repository

Question 35

# 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.

Answer 35

Rows Shelf

Question 36

# 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.

Answer 36

Set

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Shape Legend

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Shape Shelf

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Shelves

Question 40

# 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.

Answer 40

Size Shelf

Question 41

# What is? The visual presentation of a data view is contained within a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. _______ consist of panes, headers, axes, and cells.

Answer 41

Table

Question 42

# 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.

Answer 42

Text Shelf

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Undo/Redo

Question 44

# 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.

Answer 44

Workbooks / Packaged Workbooks

Question 45

# What is? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ hold your data views. You can save individual _______ as bookmarks.

Answer 45

Worksheets