DA0-002 Visualization and Reporting Practice Question
In Tableau, you want to create a view showing the total sales per region, but also want to allow users to filter by year without losing the ability to see all regions. What feature should you use to compute the total sales that ignores the year filter?
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LOD expression: { FIXED [Region] : SUM([Sales]) }
A Level of Detail (LOD) expression with FIXED can compute a value at the region level, ignoring other dimensions like year.
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Table calculation running total
Why it's wrong here
Table calculations depend on the view's dimensionality.
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Parameter action
Why it's wrong here
Parameter actions filter data, they don't compute aggregate values.
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LOD expression: { FIXED [Region] : SUM([Sales]) }
Why this is correct
This computes total sales per region ignoring other dimensions.
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Calculated field using SUM([Sales])
Why it's wrong here
A simple sum respects all filters.
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