Tableau Updated Desktop-Specialist Exam Questions and Answers by angelo

According to the Tableau Help, a highlight table is “a cross-tabulation that uses color to encode values”. The help also states that “Highlight tables use the Square mark type” (page 1).

Explanation

You don't need to know ANY programming language to use quick table calculations!

Follow along with the steps below to learn how to apply a quick table calculation to a visualization:

1) Open Tableau Desktop and connect to the Sample-Superstore data source, which comes with Tableau.

2) Navigate to a new worksheet.

3) From the Data pane, under Dimensions, drag Order Date to the Columns shelf.

4) From the Data pane, under Dimensions, drag State to the Rows shelf.

5) From the Data pane, under Measures, drag Sales to Text on the Marks Card.

6) From the Data pane, under Measures, drag Profit to Color on the Marks Card.

7) On the Marks card, click the Mark Type drop-down and select Square.

The visualization updates to look like this:

Apply the quick table calculation

1) On the Marks card, right-click SUM(Profit) and select Quick Table Calculation > Moving Average.

Note: You can only perform quick table calculations on measures in the view.

A delta symbol appears on the field to indicate that a quick table calculation is being applied to the field. The colors in the visualization update to show the moving average of profit across the years.

By default, the shape that a Heap map uses is a "Square". See below:

Explanation

To reach the correct answer, follow these steps:

1) You can simply drag Country to the view, and look at the marks in the bottom left of Tableau Desktop - 147 marks!

2) Or, you can simply go to Data Source -> Country Tab -> Describe

As you can see, 147 members exist in this Country column!