Tableau Exam Desktop-Specialist Topic 10 Question 5 Discussion

SUM is an aggregate function, not a table calculation!

A table calculation is a transformation you apply to the values in a visualization. Table calculations are a special type of calculated field that computes on the local data in Tableau. They are calculated based on what is currently in the visualization and do not consider any measures or dimensions that are filtered out of the visualization.

The most common Table calculations are:

Running Total

Percent Difference

Difference

Percent of Total

Rank

Percentile

These can be calculated using : Table(across), Cell, or Specific dimensions!

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