Dimension Vs Measure

  • Data divides into two sections:
  • Dimensions & Measures.

    Dimensions:

  • Headers, Categories
  • These are Independent variables
  • Dimensions mention in COLUMNS
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    Measures:

  • Numerics
  • Dependent variable
  • Measures mention in rows
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    Symbols

  • # : Calculated field
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  • For all headers we can term as DIMENSIONS
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  • For all Numerics we can term as MEASURES
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  • SETS will create on DIMENSIONS, BINS will create on MEASURES, except these two differences, every thing is same
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    Treatment of Colors

     

  • Dimensions:Each represents to unique color
  • Measures: Color brightness vary by each representative(column) . It is continuous color not discrete color
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    Dimension and Measures color difference:

     

  • Dimensions in BLUE
  • Measures in GREEN
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    State about the SHELF

     

  • Tableau consists of two types of SHELFS
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    Column Shelf:

  • If we drag the data into Column shelf it creates columns of table
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    Row Shelf:

  • If we drag the data into Row shelf it creates Rows of a table
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    State about the CARD

     

  • Every worksheet consists of different types of cards
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  • We have the option to display the card\ Hide the card
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    Faq:State about Live and Extract

     

     

    Live:

  • Through this method we can get updated data as connection is always live
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  • We can send queries to the database and collect the data as per requirement
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  • It is in dynamic in nature, as data will get based on autoupdate
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    Extract:

     

  • It is not in dynamic nature, it is not static
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  • Data data engine refreshes the data based on defined schedules, and appends to the existing dataset
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    Create single chart with Multiple MEASURES on single DIMENSION