Filters

Connecting Data in Tableau

Sara Billen

Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

Tableau's order of operations

Order of operations:

  1. Extract filters
  2. Data source filters
  3. Context filters
  4. Dimension filters
  5. Measure filters
  6. Table calc filters
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Extract filters

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Data source filters

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Context filters

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Context filters example

Approach 1

1. Apply Dimension filter on Furniture

2. Apply Dimension filter on Country

Approach 2

1. Apply Context filter on Furniture

2. Apply Dimension filter on Country 

-> Improved performance
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Dimension filters

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Measure filters

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