Tableau

What is the level of confidence that Tableau uses when it shows a confidence band?

95%

How will a twbx file different from a tde file?

A twbx file stores the visualization as well.

You have an existing area chart. How can you convert it to an area fill chart?

Add a data category as a color mark.

To dynamically change a reference line using parameter action, you first create a reference parameter. Next, add a parameter action for it. Finally, ___.

Add a reference line whose value follows a reference parameter.

In the device preview screen, what is similar between the desktop and mobile device types?

Both allow for element resizing.

which resource in Tableau can you use to ask questions, get answers, and connect with other tableau users?

Community

When a sheet is used as a filter, selecting an element in it will ___.

Filter all other sheets.

Gilbert has an Excel spreadsheet open in Tableau. What did Gilbert have to do to bring the spreadsheet into Tableau?

He connected to an outside data source.

William brought some data into his Tableau book, but the data had some null values and incorrect column headers. What did William have to do to clean up the data?

He had to use the Data interpreter.

In the dimensions list, what happens when you double-click on an item that has a geographic role?

It is an automatically added as a map.

A field value is currently not in any group. What happens when you try adding it to an existing group?

It is removed from the "all" list, and placed under its new group.

If you wanted to forests to appear on your map which map layer would you select?

Land Cover

Which data summary operations is not offered?

Mode

What happens when you define a set as a filter?

Only the data that belongs to the items within this set will show.

How can you combine two sets into one?

Press Ctrl+click to highlight two sets, and right-click either set to display a shortcut menu that allows you to create combined set.

Which annotation option is not offered in Tableau?

Sheet

In a calculated fields, are enclosed in ____.

Square Brackets

You dragged the forecast into your worksheet as a mark to show the future trend. How can you completely remove it?

Stop showing the forecast from the analytics menu.

your dashboard shows total cars sold by city. How will the data be impacted if you set a condition filter for sum of cars sold greater than 100?

The dashboard will only show the cities where more than 100 cars are sold.

Chandler is using the selection filter so that certain values appear. He wants to show only the western states, but they are crossed out. Why is this happening?

The exclude box is checked, and he needs to uncheck it.

For a given histogram, you reduce the size of the bin from 10-5. How will this affect the visualization?

There will likely be more bars, and they will make narrower.

What types of data does a scatter plot require?

Two measures

When will you need to download a driver from the Tableau support site?

When you need to connect to a system not currently listed in the data source connectors.

Can you join the AccountID field in one table with the ProfileNum field in a different table?

Yes; it is possible to join fields with different names.

When can you edit an existing filter?

You can edit at any stage.

How do you define a level of detail expression?

You define a level of detail expression by using curly brackets.

what does a story in tableau consist of?

a sequence of worksheets in your workbook

What is exported from your worksheet when you export it to PowerPoint?

a static image of the worksheet visualization

When using a radical selection tool to analyzing shipping costs from a production facility to different destinations, where should the circle be centered?

at the production facility

Your workbook has one data source and two worksheets visualizing it. What will be included if you save it has a packaged workbook?

both visualization and underlying data

In the print to PDF dialog box, what does the "show selections" option do when enabled?

it reflects dashboard highlights in the resulting PDF.

which reference line computation option requires you to specify the number of tiles?

quantiles

In presentation mode, what happens when you switch between different worksheets?

the display will stay in presentation mode.

What will you use to custom regions for?

to define regions that are specific to you business.

What is another name for column charts in Tableau?

vertical bar charts

A highlight table is used to ___.

visualize the relative proportion of values in a table

Is it possible to restore a deleted worksheet?

yes, by undoing the deletion.

A table in your data stores patient information, and has PatientID and PatientName fields. Which scenario requires using a join operation?

Connecting those patients to records in a different table.

Ravinder has created a bar chart showing product category and product name. He has hidden the legend and displayed the caption at the bottom. How did he do this?

He selected worksheet on the ribbon, and then selected show caption.

A histogram shows ___ and ___.

a measure (in bins); the counts each bin

Your dashboard should show the sum and average as two separate columns. If you use measure names as the column field, what should you use for the marks?

measure values

How does tableau determine which color to change your text to?

it is based on the background color.

You want the rows in your dashboard to show fields A, B, and C, in this order. How should you arrange them?

Add fields A,B, and C to the Rows Shelf in this order.

Jordan wanted to change the data values in the southeast set. How did she open this dialog box?

She right-clicked the southeast set pill, and then selected edit set.

Groups are used to ___.

Combine multiple items into one.

Gretchen wants to change this data into a bar graph or other chart format. Which feature will display all types of charts for Gretchen to choose from?

the show me button

Katrina would like to break down her company sales by product category. She has all the data, but the chart does not show the individual colors. what should she do in order to create the colors?

Select the pie chart icon in the Show me area

which colors are available for you to choose from, when selecting the color for a tab?

a handful of colors from a palette

What is nested sorting useful for?

sorting data using values in more than one field.

You add a filter by condition, and set the condition to [Weigh]>50. How will this affect your data?

It will only show items whose weight is over 50.

Using the custom split data function in tableau, how is data split?

by a seperator