Tableau Desktop Specialist · Free Practice Question Easy

Question 29

For creating variable sized bins we use __________________

  • A

    Groups

  • B

    Sets

  • C

    Table Calculations

  • D

    Calculated Fields

Reveal correct answer

Correct answer: D

Explanation

One way to view a measure in Tableau Desktop is to split it into bins. You can think of bins as buckets based on a range of values. For example, say you have a measure that represents age. Instead of aggregating the measure to calculate the average age, you can bin the measure to define age groups: 0–5, 6–10, 11–15, and so on. Then you can count the number of people in each age group.


Create a calculated field for variable bin size

Step 1

Select Analysis > Create Calculated Field.

Step 2

In the Calculated Field dialog box, complete the following steps:



Reference: https://riti-ritesh.blogspot.com/2016/07/creating-variable-sized-bins_8.html


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