Advanced Tableau — calculations and high-level analytical logic

Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Introduction # Data Analytics Intelligence

Overview

Topics covered

• Introduction
• Business Logic and Advanced Calculations in Tableau
• 1. The Tableau Compute Architecture (VizQL)
• Record Level Calculations vs. Aggregate Calculations
• 2. The Tableau Order of Operations (Query Pipeline)
• 3. Basic Calculations and Advanced Logic Functions

Related concepts

Main connections

• SQL & relational data modeling
• Linear algebra & matrices
• Mean & expected value
• Data granularity & row semantics
• Preprocessing pipelines & transform recipes
• Bayes' theorem & priors

Compatible notation

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