1)What are data types supported in tableau?

Ans: String, date, Boolean, numerical, geographical and datetime. We can change the datatype by
clicking on the icon.

2) What do you understand dimensions and measures?

Dimensions Measure
1) Dimensions are qualitative 1) Measures are quantitative
2) Dimensions are categorical data. 2) We can aggregate data
3) We can categorize the data and reveals 3) We can measure the values
the details in your data 4) Examples: sales, profit, quantity, sales
4) Examples: Customer name, customer Id, per customer.
Order Id, city 5) We can do Sum of sales, average profit
5)which city data is coming from

3) what do you understand by discrete and continuous in Tableau?

Ans: continuous field is treated as infinite and discrete field is treated as finite. Discrete is blue,
continuous is green.

4)What are filters?

Ans: Filters are used to restrict the content of data that may enter a tableau workbook, dashboard
and view. They are

1)Extract filters
2)context filters
3) Data source filters: Any viz. That uses this data source will have this data source filter
4) Dimensions filter
5) Measure filter
6) Table calculated filters

5)Create a Report: There are three customer segment in the data. What percent of total profit
associated with the corporate segment?
Ans: We can do this report by using quick table calculations tab on the profit field and change to
percent of total.

6)What are different joins in tableau. Give examples?

Ans: We can join two data sets.
1) Inner join: The resulted data contains the matched values between two data sets
2) Right join: all the values from the right table and it matches in the left table
3) Left join: all the values from the left table and it matches from the right table
4) Outer join: All values from both the table
5) Union: Both the data sets should contain same number of columns and data types of
columns
7)What is the difference between Blending and join?
Ans:
Blending Join
->Combining data from two or more data
sources i.e., oracle, Excel, sql server is called
blending
-> Each data source contain its own Dimensions
and measures
->Combining data from two tables or sheets with
it the data source is called join.
->Each data source contain same

1)What type of reports you created?

For example: I have created a chart that will dynamically change based on the user input
parameter. I have provided a parameter to select either department or country. If he selects
country he would see chart based on country. If he selects department the chart will
dynamically change .For this ,I have created a parameter i.e., “pick dimension” and then
calculated field “show dimension”

2) Created dynamic calculations in a report. (Differentiate the customers based on their sales
amount)
I have created a set of customers whose sales amount is Greater than 2000 and sales
amount is less than 4000. Used these sets in calculated field. We can use these calculated
field in colour section.

3) creating the histogram with bins

Histogram is nothing but distribution of a variable.
Create a bin on a measure

4)Heat maps: Heat maps are the graphical representation of a dataset in which the values
are represented as colours.
5)Tree maps: For displaying hierarchical data by using nested rectangles

6)waterfall chart: Which helps in understanding the cumulative effect of sequentially

introduced positive or negative values

7)Actions: By creating actions on the same sheet we can navigate from one dashboard to
other if you have multiple dashboards.

8)Stories: We can create stories using dashboards and views. Stories can be focused on
specific data point. Organized and collaborate with the management effectively.

9)Extract: If we connect data through extract, tableau extract the file from the data and
store it with tde extension. To get the updated dashboard, we have to refresh the extracted
file.

10)File Extensions:
Tableau workbook(.twb),Tableau packaged workbook(.twbx)
Tableau datasource(.tds),tableau packaged datasource(.tdsx)
Tableau data extract(.tde), tableau bookmark(.tdm)
Tableau map source(.tms), tableau preferences(.tps)

11)LOD Expression:
LOD is Level of detail expression, we can attach one or more dimensions at one aggregation.
Level of Detail expression supports aggregation at dimensionality other than view level.
 12)Quick filter :We will give a chance to user to dynamically change data at run time.
13)Normal filter : Used to restrict the data from the data source based on a selected
dimension or measure.
14)There cant be a multiple values for a parameters.
15) No data joins are used in the data blending its a column references.
16) Tableau Desktop: It is used to create data visualisations, dashboards, workbooks, stories
17)Tableau server: It is used to distribute the workbooks, interactive Dashboards to the right
audience. We can do security control. Users and can edit and update the dashboards,
workbooks but cant create new once.
18)Data blending: We can combine data from different sources. For example: We combine
data from text file with the tera data or DB2.
19)context filter: Context filters makes the filtering easy. Where, all other filters refer to
context filter for their subsequent operations.
20).twbx: It serves as a zip file. Packaged workbook allows the users to share their workbook
with other users in their desktops.
21)Data extracts: We can extract the data from the files instead of live DB connections. The
workbooks based on the extracted file are faster than the live data workbooks. Since the
extracted data imported in the tableau Engine. We can publish the workbook based on the
extracted file which can also publish the extracted file. However, workbooks, Extracts won’t
refresh unless the user apply a schedule refresh on the extract. Hence , no need to republish
the data every time when the concerned data gets updated.
We can refresh by setting scheduled task or by using command line arguments.
22)Forecasting and Trend: Forecasting is like predicting the future values of a measure.
There are mathematical models to forecast. Tableau uses the exponential smoothing model.
Trend: Trend line is used to predict the continuation of a certain trend of a variable. It also
helps to identify the correlation between two variables by observing the trend in both of
them simultaneously.

1)What is your experience with tableau?

->Tableau desktop, Tableau public,
2)What type of data have you worked with?
->Excel spreadsheet, Access databases, oracle server
Example: I personally work alot with oracle database and connecting that with tableau. I
have faced errors when I was doing live connections due to intermediate tables that I need
to join on and this results slow response time and many server issues in terms of how the
data was being pulled up in to the tableau.
The way we fixed this issue we export the necessary data in to excel as a report and then
updating the report on the weekly basis.

3) Do you have an understanding of joins, blends, unions in tableau.

Joins:We are able to combine data from same data source. For example excel sheets. We
need a common key column to join data.
Blending : Blending is able to combine data from different data source. Example;
Worksheet in a table with oracle data base
Union:We are able to combine two or more tables by appending rows . The tables should
contain same type of field.

5) What is your design process?

 Their work couple of phases. For example: data exploration. Had you assess the data and
Had you examine the scope of data.
To Interviewer: What type of data you are working with