General Practice Flashcards
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What is a Level of Detail (LOD) expression that computes a value independent of the view's dimensions?
Answer: FIXED
A FIXED LOD computes using only the specified dimensions, ignoring the view level of detail.
Which Tableau tool is purpose-built for cleaning and shaping data before analysis?
Answer: Tableau Prep Builder
Tableau Prep Builder provides a visual workflow for cleaning, combining, and shaping data.
What kind of filter is applied before aggregation and limits the data brought into the view by a dimension's top members?
Answer: Top N filter
A Top N filter restricts the view to the highest-ranked members of a dimension.
Which join type returns only the rows that have matching keys in both tables?
Answer: Inner join
An inner join keeps only rows with matches in both tables.
What is the purpose of a context filter in Tableau?
Answer: To create a temporary subset that other filters compute against
A context filter produces a filtered dataset that subsequent filters and Top N calculations use as their context.
Which storage option imports a snapshot of data into Tableau's columnar engine for faster performance?
Answer: Extract (.hyper)
An extract stores a snapshot in Tableau's high-performance Hyper engine.
What does the Pages shelf enable in a worksheet?
Answer: Animating or flipping through views by a field's members
The Pages shelf breaks the view into pages you can step through, often used for animation.