Navigating Tableau

Introduction to Tableau

Maarten Van den Broeck

Content Developer at DataCamp

Data roles in Tableau

Discrete dimension

• Common, colored in blue
• Finite amount of values
• Can't be aggregated
• E.g. eye color, sex

Continuous measure

• Common, colored in green
• Infinite amount of values
• Can be aggregated
• E.g. height, weight

Data roles in Tableau

Discrete dimension

• Common, colored in blue
• Finite amount of values
• Can't be aggregated
• E.g. eye color, sex

Discrete measure

• Not common, colored in blue
• Finite amount of values
• Can be aggregated
• E.g. shoe size, age

Continuous dimension

• Not common, colored in green
• Infinite amount of values
• Can't be aggregated
• E.g. date

Continuous measure

• Common, colored in green
• Infinite amount of values
• Can be aggregated
• E.g. height, weight

Segmenting with dimensions

• Dimensions and measures affect visualizations differently:
  • Dimensions are used to segment data
  • Measures can be aggregated
• Segmenting: grouping similar data together
  • E.g. average price per room type

Our business question

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Which neighborhood and room type has the highest price in New York?

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Let's practice!

Introduction to Tableau