Tableau Desktop Specialist Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
What can you edit from the manage metadata screen -
Correct Answer ✅ data type and field name
what is stored in the .tds file - Correct Answer ✅ data
connection information
renamed dimensions and measures
folders created to organize dimensions and measures
when your data is stored in tables from different databases,
what method allows you to combine the data into a single
viz? - Correct Answer ✅ a data blend or a cross-database
join
what is useful when you want to join data but the database
you're using doesn't allow joins? - Correct Answer ✅ a
blend
what is useful when combining two tables that have the same
fields (columns) but different rows of data? - Correct
Answer ✅ a union
,Tableau Desktop Specialist Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
on the data source page, we add a cross-database join by: -
Correct Answer ✅ clicking "Add" next to the word
connections
what requires a primary data source and at least one
secondary data source - Correct Answer ✅ a blend
data blending - Correct Answer ✅ the order in which the
fields are used determines which source is primary and
secondary
data blending behaves similarly to a left join which may result
in missing data
data from secondary sources must always be aggregated
calculations
you can ______ for members in a dimension so that their
labels appear differently in the view - Correct Answer ✅
create aliases
shapes - Correct Answer ✅ available for dimensions but
not measures
, Tableau Desktop Specialist Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
if your scatter plot only has one mark, you can break this
down into multiple marks by: - Correct Answer ✅ dragging
a dimension to color
if you use two measures in a line chart, Desktop may turn
those into two separate line charts. to merge those into one
line chart with one measure on the left Y-axis and the other
measure on the right Y-axis: - Correct Answer ✅ right click
the pill of the second measure and select Dual Axis
a single chart that shows multiple measures using multiple
mark types is a - Correct Answer ✅ combination chart
to turn a bar chart into a stacked bar chart - Correct Answer
✅ drag a dimension to color
how do you create a highlight table - Correct Answer ✅ by
placing one or more dimensions on the columns shelf and
one or more dimensions on the rows shelf, selecting the
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
What can you edit from the manage metadata screen -
Correct Answer ✅ data type and field name
what is stored in the .tds file - Correct Answer ✅ data
connection information
renamed dimensions and measures
folders created to organize dimensions and measures
when your data is stored in tables from different databases,
what method allows you to combine the data into a single
viz? - Correct Answer ✅ a data blend or a cross-database
join
what is useful when you want to join data but the database
you're using doesn't allow joins? - Correct Answer ✅ a
blend
what is useful when combining two tables that have the same
fields (columns) but different rows of data? - Correct
Answer ✅ a union
,Tableau Desktop Specialist Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
on the data source page, we add a cross-database join by: -
Correct Answer ✅ clicking "Add" next to the word
connections
what requires a primary data source and at least one
secondary data source - Correct Answer ✅ a blend
data blending - Correct Answer ✅ the order in which the
fields are used determines which source is primary and
secondary
data blending behaves similarly to a left join which may result
in missing data
data from secondary sources must always be aggregated
calculations
you can ______ for members in a dimension so that their
labels appear differently in the view - Correct Answer ✅
create aliases
shapes - Correct Answer ✅ available for dimensions but
not measures
, Tableau Desktop Specialist Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
if your scatter plot only has one mark, you can break this
down into multiple marks by: - Correct Answer ✅ dragging
a dimension to color
if you use two measures in a line chart, Desktop may turn
those into two separate line charts. to merge those into one
line chart with one measure on the left Y-axis and the other
measure on the right Y-axis: - Correct Answer ✅ right click
the pill of the second measure and select Dual Axis
a single chart that shows multiple measures using multiple
mark types is a - Correct Answer ✅ combination chart
to turn a bar chart into a stacked bar chart - Correct Answer
✅ drag a dimension to color
how do you create a highlight table - Correct Answer ✅ by
placing one or more dimensions on the columns shelf and
one or more dimensions on the rows shelf, selecting the
