Advanced Tableau – LOD Calculations

Advanced Tableau – Level of Detail Calculations Overview

In this course, you’ll use Level of Detail Calculations to tackle common business problems. By working through scenario based exercises, you’ll start to understand how Tableau calculations are made, and the close relationship this tool has with SQL. Once you’ve solved the 7 scenarios, you’ll have a great addition to your Tableau Public portfolio and a great reference material to help you solve common problems.

By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of Tableau Calculations and the confidence to tackle more complex problems.

Advanced Tableau – LOD Calculations Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Definethe level of detail and other critical concepts
• Identify the grain and level of detail of a data set
• Troubleshoot common errors
• Apply fixed, include, and exclude LOD calculations to business scenarios
• Identify how different LODs are affected by context and dimension filters
• Compare LOD calculations to table calculations

Who should take this course?

This Tableau course is perfect for professionals who have a solid understanding base in Tableau, but who want to know how to create more complex metrics. From Year over year, to dynamic % of total, or cohort analysis, all these types of analysis rely on complex formulas. If you want to solidify your understanding of more complex formulas in this world class tool, this course is for you.