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Fundamentals

Define parameters in Tableau and their working.int State limitations of parameters in Tableau.beg Name the file extensions in Tableau.int Explain the difference between .twb and .twbxint How to view underlying SQL Queries in Tableau?int What is Page shelf?int How to add Custom Color to Tableau?int What different products Tableau provide?int Can parameters have dropdown list?beg What are the differences between twb and twbx?beg What are the differences between groups and sets?beg What is Pages shelf?beg How do you add custom color to Tableau?int What is the difference between discrete and continuous in Tableau?int Explain and implement a serialization of a binary tree.adv What is a data Source page?beg What is a format pane in Tableau?beg What is Tableau Reader?beg Can we have multiple value selection in parameter?beg What is a Dimension?beg What is a Measure?beg What does the extension .twbx represent in Tableau?beg What is marks card in Tableau?beg What are shelves in Tableau?beg What is a Tableau workbook?beg In Tableau what is a worksheet?beg What is an alias in Tableau?beg What is a page shelf in Tableau?beg What is Connect live?beg What is Import all data feature in Tableau?beg What is a Tableau data pane?beg How to check the meatadata of a table?beg How to create a column Alias?beg How to show the top 5 and bottom 5 sales in Tableau?beg

Data modeling

What are fact table and Dimension table in Tableau?int What is Data Blending?beg How many maximum tables can you join in Tableau?beg What is data blending? When do you use this?int What is Assume referential integrity?adv Explain when would you use Joins vs. Blending in Tableau?beg What is default Data Blending Join?adv What do you understand by blended axis?adv How can we combine database and flat file data in Tableau desktop?beg What type of join is used in data blending?int How do you normalize data for use in Tableau?adv Which join is used in data blending?beg What is the criteria to blend the data from multiple data sources?beg What is data blending?beg When to use joins versus Blending in Tableau?beg

Calculations

What is Aggregation & Disaggregation?int How to use group in calculated field?int What is LOD expression in Tableau?adv What is table calculation in Tableau?beg What is a calculated field in Tableau?beg How to get current date and time?beg How to check if a data is a of type date?beg What does REPLACE function do in Tableau?beg Which function returns the number of items in a group?beg What is Forecasting in Tableau?beg What is a Trendline in tableau?beg Give an expression to add 4 months to the date 014-03-12?beg

Filtering

Differentiate between parameters and filters in Tableau.int What are Quick Filters in Tableau?int What is Context Filter?int What are the limitations of context filters?int How to remove 'All' options from a Tableau filter?int What is the difference between Quick Filter, Normal filter and Context filter?int Where all can you use global filters?beg What is the difference between Quick Filter and Normal filter?beg What are the types of filters in Tableau?beg What is a context filter?beg Which filter is used to get the top 10 values from a view?beg

Visualization

What is Data Visualization?int Name the components of a Dashboardint Explain the concept of Dual Axis.int What is story in Tableau?int What is Dual Axis?beg What is a story in Tableau?beg What is Tableau Show me?beg What is crosstab chart?beg What is a Gannt Chart?beg

Tableau Server

What are the differences between Tableau desktop and Tableau Server?int What are Extracts and Schedules in Tableau server?int How to automate reports using Tableau software?beg What are the platforms Tableau server can run on?beg Does Tableau integrate with Hadoop/ HiveServer?beg How do you publish tableau reports to tableau server?beg What is a Published data source?beg

Performance

How to do Performance Testing in Tableau?adv What is TDE file?adv How do we do testing in Tableau?int What is an extract is Tableau?beg What are the possible reasons for slow performance in Tableau?beg What are the possible reasons for slow performance in Tableau?beg

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When to use joins versus Blending in Tableau?

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If data resides in a single source, we use Joins but when your data is not in one place blending is used.

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