Tableau Desktop Specialist · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 11
How can you change the Default Aggregation for a measure in Tableau?
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A
By right clicking the measure -> Default properties and choosing Aggregation
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B
By right clicking the dimension -> Default properties and choosing Aggregation
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C
By double clicking on the measure, and then choosing Window -> Default Aggregation
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D
By changing its properties manually every time we need to use it
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: A
Explanation
According to the official Tableau documentation:
Dimensions don't have aggregation properties, and adding properties manually each time defeats the whole DEFAULT aggregation purpose. Window tab doesn't have any default aggregation option!
Reference: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datafields_fieldproperties.htm
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