Tableau practice: The Marks card and visual encodings

Chapter 4 · 5 questions · included in full access

  1. Question 1 · easy

    Encoding with color

    What visual behavior occurs when you drop a continuous measure like SUM(Sales) onto the Color shelf on the Marks card?

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  2. Question 2 · medium

    Sales with profit color encoding

    Build a view of total Sales by Region on Rows, with SUM(Sales) on Columns and SUM(Sales) on Color.

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  3. Question 3 · easy

    Cognitive load in visual design

    Which of the following practices reduces cognitive load for executive stakeholders reviewing sales dashboards?

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  4. Question 4 · medium

    Category unit volume with sales labels

    Build a view showing total Units by Category on Rows, SUM(Units) on Columns, and SUM(Sales) on Label.

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  5. Question 5 · easy

    The Tooltip shelf

    What is the primary commercial utility of dropping supporting fields onto the Tooltip shelf on the Marks card?

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