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Tableau - REAL TIME INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

ASKED
1). WHAT DOES TABLEAU DO?
Ans: Our goal is to help people see and understand data. Our software products put the power of data into
the hands of everyday people, allowing a broad population of business users to engage with their data, ask
questions, solve problems and create value

2). What is Tableau Public?

Ans: Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data to the web. Once on the
web, anyone can interact with the data, download it, or create their own visualizations of it. No
programming skills are required. Be sure to look at the gallery to see some of the things people have been
doing with it.

3).What is data modeling?

Ans: Data modeling is the analysis of data objects that are used in a business or other context and the
identification of the relationships among these data objects. Data modeling is a first step in doing object-
oriented programming

4). What is your daily work process in tableau?

Ans: I think we all work on different projects using Tableau, so the work begins from understanding the
requirement getting the required data, story boarding then creating visualizations in tableau and then
presenting it to the client for review.

5).what is parameter in Tableau ? And how it works.?

Ans: Parameters are dynamic values that can replace constant values in calculations and can serve as
filters

6). How does Tableau perform with huge datasets?

Ans: Tableau Performance is based on Data source performance. If data source takes more time to
execute a query then Tableau must wait up to that time

7). How will you publish and schedule workbook in tableau server?
Ans: First create a schedule for particular time and then create extract for the data source and publish the
workbook for the server. Before you publish, there is a option called Scheduling and Authentication, click
on that and select the schedule from the drop down which is created and publish. Also publish data source
and assign the schedule. This schedule will automatically run for the assigned time and the workbook
is refreshed.

8). How to rectify SQL Performance for developed Dashboards

Ans: After creation of Dashboards if we get problem from sql side that means Custom Sql ….How to
Rectify the sql performance from custom sql

9). Define the names for parameters ,filters etc...

Ans: Parameters are dynamic values that can replace constant values in calculations and can serve as
filters.Filters are used to restrict the data based on the condition u have mentioned in the filters shelf.

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10). How to view sql which is generated by Tableau Desktop?

Ans: The Tableau Desktop Log files are located in C:\Users\\My Documents\My Tableau Repository. If
you have a live connection to the data source, check the log.txt and tabprotosrv.txt files. If you are using
an extract, check the tdeserver.txt file. The tabprotosrv.txt file often shows detailed information about
queries.

9). What is page shelf?

Ans: page shelf is power full part of tableau That you can use to control the display of output as well as
printed results of output.

10). What are the major differences between tableau version 7.0 and tableau version 8.0?
Ans: • New visualizations are introduced like treemap, bubble chart and box and whisker plot
• We can copy worksheet directly from one workbook to another workbook
•Introduced R script

11). How to create filled maps?

Ans: Step 1: Build a Map View Double-click a geographic fields such as State, Area Code, Zip Code, etc.

Step 2: Select the Fille Map Mark Type The Automatic mark type will show this type of view as
circles over a map. On the Marks card, select Filled Map to color the geographic areas.

Step 3: Drag a Field to the Color Shelf Define how the locations are colored by dragging another
field to the Color shelf.

12). Is Parameter have it’s dropdown list?

Ans: Yes it may have its own drop down list, the entries which you make in the Parameter while creating
it can be viewed as Dropdown list.

1. Best features of tableau and limitations of tableau.

A. Best visualizations with less it cost,can connect to any database,no plugin required and
powerful in memory processing. Limitation : Only supports Windows and Mac.No support
to Linux based systems.

2. what are the file size limitations with tableau

A. Offically no limit,but we have observed best peformance with 4GB of data and 278
columns.

3. what is the max file size u used in tableau.

A. 4GB

4. how many max columns we can use in tableau.

A. If you source is Access then 255.

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5. what are the limitations of tableau based on size, number of caluclations,

A. No Limitation ,but suggested to work with extracts with max 4 GB.

6. have u ever used tableau to perform etl or any complex caluclations

A. Tableau is a Ajax based Java Scripting data Visualisation tool and it can not peform any
ETL actions.Complex calculation : Using Parameter in calculations.

7. have u faced any problems with file size and number of columns which we use in
tableau
A. So far no as i have been working with limited data.

8. what is tableau achitecture.

A. It is Client and Server based N-Tier Achitecture. We build Tableau reports in using
Tableau Desktop and Deploy them to Tableau Server. Tableau Server runs on 3 diference
services Visual Server: This sends the queries to database and then coverts it to the
visuals/Images you see in tableau. Database/Repository Server: This manages the
connectivity and maintains the data extracts. Application Server: This handles the
Authentication and Authorization.

9. what is tableau reader

A. Tableau reader is used to open the .twbx(Tableau packaged Workbook) files and it can
only open the files and it can not create new connections and workbooks.

10. What are there any data limitations with tableau public?
A. Tableau Public can connect to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and multiple text file
formats. It has a limit of 1,000,000 rows of data that is allowed in any single file. Yes, your
data on Tableau Public is now accessible on the world-wide web and is downloadable by
anyone. We strongly suggest you only publish data you are willing to share with anyone.

11. how can u set permissions or protect the data in tableau public?
A. We don't have any options for applying permissions to user in Tableau public. World
wide web users will be able to access all files present in tableau public. No Security in
public,so don't share any company confidential data.

12. if i delete a workbook from tableau public and there are links to other blogs and other
web locations.. what happens to dem?
A. Every thing will be lost. Public is like a repository if you delete any thing in public the
links in blogs will show error " File does not exist".

13. did u work on real time reporting on tableau or u worked on back processing?
A. I think question is regarding executing the sql queries from back end or directly executing
the queries in tableau desktop.My answer will be: worked on writing the sql queries in sql
developer/todd and executing them in tableau desktop.

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14. what domain u worked on, when u worked for tableau.

A. My answer will be Insurance domain and currently working on Month end Process.

1. How do you create dashboard? Can you explain the life cycle?

A dashboard is a collection of several worksheets and supporting information shown in a single

place so you can compare and monitor a variety of data simultaneously. For example, you may
have a set of views that you review every day. Rather than flipping through each worksheet, you
can create a dashboard that displays all the views at once. You can create a dashboard in much
the same way you create a new worksheet. Select Dashboard > New Dashboard. Alternatively,
click the New Dashboard tab along the bottom of the workbook. A new tab for the dashboard is
added along the bottom of the workbook. Switch to the new dashboard to add views and objects.
When you open a dashboard the Dashboard window replaces the Data window on the left side of
the workbook. The Dashboard window lists the worksheets that are currently in the workbook.
As you create new worksheets, the Dashboard window updates so you always have all
worksheets available when adding to a dashboard it. After a view is added to the dashboard, the
worksheet is marked with a check mark in the Dashboard window. Also, any legends or quick
filters that are turned on for the sheet are automatically added to the dashboard. By default,
dashboards use a Tiled layout, which means that each view and object is arranged into a single
layered grid. You can change the layout to Floating to allow views and objects to overlap. See
Organizing Dashboards to learn more about these layouts.

2. How can you schedule the Reports in tableau? Explain briefly?

Schedules when you publish workbooks that connect to extracts you can schedule the extracts to
be refreshed automatically. That way you don't have to republish the workbook every time the
underlying data has updated and you can still get the performance of a data extract. For example,
let's say you have a workbook that connects to a large data warehouse that is updated weekly.
Instead of publishing a workbook that queries the live data, you can create an extract including
just the data necessary. This increases performance and avoids queries to the live database. Then
you can add that workbook to a schedule so that the extract is refreshed at regular intervals with
updated data from the data warehouse. Schedules are created and managed on the server by an
administrator. However, an administrator can allow you to add a workbook to a schedule when
you are publishing from Tableau Desktop.

1. As you are publishing a workbook, in the Publish Workbook to Tableau Server dialog box,
click Scheduling & Authentication. 2. In the Scheduling & Authentication dialog box, select a
schedule for the workbook: All data sources that require authentication must have an embedded
password so that the extract can be refreshed. This includes data sources that are not extracts.

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3. When export a worksheet into tableau server how to give a connection to database to run that
report in server?

When you publish workbooks that connect to extracts you can schedule the extracts to be
refreshed automatically. That way you don't have to republish the workbook every time the
underlying data has updated and you can still get the performance of a data extract. For example,
let's say you have a workbook that connects to a large data warehouse that is updated weekly.
Instead of publishing a workbook that queries the live data, you can create an extract including
just the data necessary. This increases performance and avoids queries to the live database. Then
you can add that workbook to a schedule so that the extract is refreshed at regular intervals with
updated data from the data warehouse. Schedules are created and managed on the server by an
administrator. However, an administrator can allow you to add a workbook to a schedule when
you are publishing from Tableau Desktop.

1. As you are publishing a workbook, in the Publish Workbook to Tableau Server dialog box,
click Scheduling & Authentication.
2. In the Scheduling & Authentication dialog box, select a schedule for the workbook
Publishing Data Sources In addition to publishing workbooks, you can also publish data sources
to Tableau Server. A data source is a reusable connection to data. Publishing data sources allows
you to centrally manage and store data sources. The published data can be located in Tableau’s
data engine (extracts) or in a live, relational database. The published data source also contains
field level customization such as calculations, groups, sets and default properties. This topic
describes how to publish a data source to Tableau Server. To publish a data source to Tableau
Server:
1. Select the data source on the Data menu and then select Publish to Server:
2. If you are not already signed in to Tableau Server, you see the Tableau Server Sign In dialog
box.
Type the server name or URL (for example, sales_server, or https://sales_server) and click
Connect.
3. Next, type your user name and password and click Sign In. If Tableau Server is configured to
use Active Directory, type your Windows user name (the domain is not required—except in
multi-domain environments where the user is not in the default domain); otherwise, type your
Tableau Server user name. If Tableau Server is configured to use SAML for user authentication,
you won't see the above dialog box. Instead, you'll see a sign in prompt from an external identity
provider.
4. You now see the Publish Data Source to Tableau Server dialog box. Specify the following:
l Project: A project is like a folder that can contain workbooks and data sources. Tableau Server
comes with one project called Default. All workbooks must be published into a project.
l Name: Provide a name for the workbook in the Name text box. Use the drop-down list to select
an existing workbook on the server. When you publish using an existing workbook name, the
workbook on the server is overwritten with your workbook. You must be allowed the Write/Web
Save As permission to overwrite workbooks on the server.

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l Authentication: If your data source requires a user name and password, you can specify how
authentication should be handled when it is published to the server. The options available depend
on the type of data source you are publishing.
l Add Tags: You can type one or more keywords that describe the workbook into the Tags text
box. Tags help you and others find related workbooks when browsing the server. Each tag
should be separated by either a comma or a space. If the tag contains a space, type the tag
surrounded by quote marks (e.g., “Sales Quotes”).
5. You can specify permissions to allow or deny access to the workbook on the server. By
default all users can interact with the workbook and you, as the publisher, are allowed all
capabilities. See Setting Permissions for details, and see Permissions for information on the
capabilities you can assign to users and groups.
6. If you are publishing an external file data source or a data source that is on a mapped drive
select Include External Files. When you include external files, a copy of the data source is
published. External file data sources include Excel, Access, Text, Data Extract, and image files.
If you don’t include these files, others may not be able to see the worksheets online. If you do
not want to publish the external files to the server, change the connection information so that the
workbook references a full UNC path. For example rather than connecting to D:\datasource.xls,
you would connect to \\filesrv\datasource.xls.
7. Click Publish.

6. What are the possible reasons for slow performance in Tableau?

One of the reasons is that filters may not be defined appropriately at report level due to which the
entire data set is pulled from the query (which may not be necessary).

There are some of the reasons:

1) Creating a query that returns a large number of records from the underlying table(s), when a
smaller number of aggregated records would suffice. You can check this by looking in the lower-
left corner of the Tableau Desktop work space and looking at the number of marks. If this
number is very large, you are potentially pulling a large amount of data from the database
2) Use native drivers: Tableau will recommend or require you to create a data extract to continue
working with a particular driver. Usage of native driver instead ODBC connections as it will
generally provide better performance.
3) Test with another tool: A good way to determine if a slow workbook is being caused by a
slow query is to test the same query in another tool, such as Microsoft Access or Microsoft
Excel. To find the query being run, look in Aditya kommu\My Tableau Repository\Logs and find
a file titled log.txt. Open this file and scroll up from the bottom until you find a section like the
following: The section between the begin and end query tags is the query that was passed to the
database. You can copy this text and then use it from a tool like Access or Excel. If it takes a
similar time to return as in Tableau, then it's likely the problem is with the query, not the tools.
4) Use extracts: Create a tableau extract if you having performance issues. These extract files can
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calculated calculated fields (reducing the amount of work required to render and display the
visualization).

FOR DBA point: 1)Tune your indexes :Make certain you have indexes on all columns that are
part of table joins

· Make certain you have indexes on any column used in a filter

· Explicitly define primary keys
· Explicitly define foreign key relationships
· For large data sets, use table partitioning
· Define columns as NOT NULL where possible

2) Use statistics Databases engines collect statistical information about indexes and column data
stored in the database. These statistics are used by the query optimizer to choose the most
efficient plan for retrieving or updating dat 3) Optimize the data mode: beneficial to create
summary tables if most of your queries only need aggregated data - not base level details
records.

7. Can anyone explain about architecture of Tableau?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AyzIchw2Lik

8. What the Difference is between connect live and import all data and Import
some data?

· Connect live – Creates a direct connect to your data. The speed of your data source will
determine performance.
· Import all data – Imports the entire data source into Tableau’s fast data engine as an extract.
The extract is saved with the workbook.
· Import some data – Imports a subset of your data into Tableau’s fast data engine as an extract.
This option requires you to specify what data you want to extract using filters.

(Or)
· Connect Live - By using this feature you can directly connect to live database. When you select
this feature the performance will be reduced.
· Import all data - By using this feature you can import all data into your local machine. This will
be called an EXTRACT, file saved with the Extension of .tde (tableau Data extract).
· Import some data - it is also like extract data but you can apply filters while importing data into
your local system.

9. What is Ad-hoc Reports in tableau? Explain?

Actually Ad-hoc reports means on the spot based on the client requirement by connecting to live
environment we can create reports these reports are called Ad-hoc reports.

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10. What is the Difference between quick filter and Normal filter in tableau?

Quick filter is used to view the filtering options and can be used to select the option. Normal filer
is something you can limit the options from the list or use some conditions to limit the data by
filed or value.
(Or)
Quick Filter always appears right side of your window and it showing what elements that you
select. Normal filter always hide mode .but both work same...
(Or)
Filter: - This is used to restrict the data from database based on selected dimension or measure. If
u drags a dimension into filter shelf u can filter the data by selecting list of values. When
dragging by measure u can select a range of values. Quick Filters:- whatever u have applied
filter, if u want give a chance to user for dynamically changing data members at run time this is
useful. In this u r able to see only non restricted data members only...

11. Does Tableau Public work on a Mac?

Macintosh users can view Tableau Public content in their browser. Tableau Desktop Public
Edition used for authoring content is a Windows application only. If you are using a Macintosh
computer that has an Intel processor, you can use virtualization software such as VMware Fusion
or Parallels Desktop to install Windows and run Tableau Desktop Public Edition. Alternatively,
you can use a built-in utility called Boot Camp to install Windows and run the Tableau software.
(Or)
Yes, the latest Version 8.2 of Tableau Desktop can be installed on Mac as well.

12. How do I automate reports using Tableau software?

You need to publish report to tableau server, while publishing you will find one option to
schedule reports.You just need to select the time when you want to refresh data.
13. How does Tableau perform with huge data sets?
Due to VizSQL

14. Name the components of dashboard?

· Horizontal
· Vertical
· Text
· Images etc

(Or)
1. Horizontal 2. Vertical 3. Text 4. Image Extract 5. Blank Page 6. Web [ URL ACTION ]

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15. How is Tableau so fast when working with databases?

Tableau compiles the elements of your visual canvas into a SQL or MDX query for the remote
database to process. Since a database typically runs on more powerful hardware than the laptops
/ workstations used by analysts, you should generally expect the database to handle queries much
faster than most in-memory BI applications limited by end-user hardware. Tableau's ability to
push computation (queries) close to the data is increasingly important for large data sets, which
may reside on a fast cluster and may be too large to bring in-memory.

Another factor in performance relates to data transfer, or in Tableau's case result set transfer.
Since Tableau visualizations are designed for human consumption, they are tailored to the
capabilities and limits of the human perception system. This generally means that the amount of
data in a query result set is small relative to the size of the underlying data, and visualizations
focus on aggregation and filtering to identify trends and out liers. The small result sets require
little network bandwidth, so Tableau is able to fetch and render the result set very quickly. And,
as Ross mentioned, Tableau will cache query results for fast reuse.

The last factor as mentioned by Eriglen involves Tableau's ability to use in-memory acceleration
as needed (for example, when working with very slow databases, text files, etc.). Tableau's Data
Engine uses memory-mapped I/O, so while it takes advantage of in-memory acceleration it can
easily work with large data sets which cannot fit in memory. The Data Engine will work only
with the subsets of data on disk which are needed for a given query, and the data subsets are
mapped into memory as needed. OR Tableau does do some amount of in-memory storage to
increase speed (when extracted), but a great portion of its speed actually comes from not having
to store data in memory. This is because Tableau only stores the data relevant to your queries in-
memory, whereas other solutions will store the entire set in memory, which can take more time
to load.

OR Tableau main feature "data engine" is really a cool feature. If you work with a large amount
of data it takes some time to import, create indexes and sort data but after that every thing
speedup. Tableau data engine is not really in-memory technology. The data is stored in disk after
imported and then RAM is hardly utilized. This conception brings the desired performance.

16. What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop is a data visualization application that lets you analyze virtually any type of
structured data and produce highly interactive, beautiful graphs, dashboards, and reports in just
minutes. After a quick installation, you can connect to virtually any data source from
spreadsheets to data warehouses and display information in multiple graphic perspectives.
Designed to be easy to use, you’ll be working faster than ever before.

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17. What is Tableau Reader?

Tableau Reader is a free viewing application that lets anyone read and interact with packaged
workbooks created by Tableau Desktop

18. How Does Tableau Work?

While Tableau lets you analyze databases and spreadsheets like never before, you don’t need to
know anything about databases to use Tableau. In fact, Tableau is designed to allow business
people with no technical training to analyze their data efficiently.

Tableau is based on three simple concepts:

Connect - Connect Tableau to any database that you want to analyze. Note that Tableau does not
import the data. Instead it queries to the database directly.
Analyze - Analyzing data means viewing it, filtering it, sorting it, performing calculations on it,
reorganizing it, summarizing it, and so on.

Using Tableau you can do all of these things by simply arranging fields of your data source on a
Tableau worksheet. When you drop a field on a worksheet, Tableau queries the data using
standard drivers and query languages (like SQL and MDX) and presents a visual analysis of the
data.

Share - You can share results with others either by sharing workbooks with other Tableau users,
by pasting results into applications such as Microsoft Office, printing to PDF or by using
Tableau Server to publish or embed your views across your organization.

19. What is the difference between tableau 7.0 and 8.0 versions

l New visualizations are introduced like tree map, bubble chart and box and whisker plot
l We can copy worksheet directly from one workbook to another workbook
l Introduced R script

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20. When do you use horizontal and vertical components?

We can use these when we want to have all sheets or filter to move in single shot.. however we
can still create the dashboard without this also.. this allows us to make our work simple

21. What is data blending..? When do you use this?

Data blending is when you blend data from multiple data sources on a single worksheet. The data
is joined on common dimensions. Data Blending does not create row level joins and is not a way
to add new dimensions or rows to your data. We use this when we want to fetch data from
different sources and make use in single worksheet.

22. Can you explain about table calculations?

These are inbuilt calculations in tableau which we normally use to calculate Percentage from or
for YTD and other calculations like the measure across table, below table and etc..
Table Calculations and Calculated Fields are similar in the sense that they both use functions to compute
the results. The difference is how and where the computing takes place, where the result is saved and if it
can be reused in more worksheets.
Here is a little visual representation redrawn from Carl’s class that shows where Table Calculations and
Calculated Fields are computed.

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Table Calculations (including the Quick Table Calculations) live in our Tableau View. They are created in
the view and stay there, locally in our worksheet.
Calculated Fields are created on a data level and appear as a separate column in the data source. Tableau
doesn’t change the source, but can create an extract where the calculations will be visible.
Tableau uses VIZQL and uses a data interpreter when connecting to a data source operating with SQL.
Tableau reads the data and puts it up in our view. Now if we are creating a Table Calculation Tableau uses
the already processed data and computes everything locally, showing the result in the view. The Table
Calculation stays locally where it’s created and is not send back to the data source to be re-used.
To re-use a Table Calculation, we need to save it by dragging it in the Data Pane. This way it is saved as a
Calculated Field.
Calculated Fields are created by computing with the data source and can be found in it as a new column.
They stay in our Data Pane and can be re-used in different analysis easily.
The difference between the two types of calculations goes beyond where they are found. Table
Calculations are simpler and their scope is more limited compared to Calculated Fields. Calculated fields
are much more diverse enabling deeper analysis.

23. How we can find the tableau Report Rendering Time.?

Report rendering time=Network time(request from URL to Report server) +Query execution
time + Network time(response from SQL Server)+calculations(table column)+time taken to
display the report in desired format(HTML/ pdf/ excel)

24. VizQL is a visual query language?

VizQL is a visual query language that translates drag-and-drop actions into data queries and then
expresses that data visually. VizQL delivers dramatic gains in people’s ability to see and
understand data by abstracting the underlying complexities of query and analysis. The result isan
intuitive user experience that lets people answer questions as fast as they can think of them.

We believe that VizQL represents a foundational advancement in the area of data analysis and
visualization.

25. Why should you use tableau?

There are many reasons why one should use tableau they are
It is very easy to use:

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You don’t need to know programming of any sort, all you need is some data and tableau to
create reports that are visually enchanting and which tells a story which you need to tell your
managers or impress your professor in class.
With its revolutionary drag and drop feature u can easily create stories or reports using just your
mouse and a little imagination. All this is possible due to the revolutionary VizQL a visual query
language.

26. How many types of filters are there in Tableau.?

In Tableau, there are three types of filters. More explicitly, there are three different ways to limit
the data that is displayed by your graph. Each of these has its own strengths and weaknesses, and
we will look at them one at a time. These types are
Ø Custom SQL "Filters"
Ø Context Filters
Ø Traditional Filters.

Custom SQL Filters:

Custom SQL "Filter" is a WHERE clause that is placed in the SQL that queries the data to be
used in the workbook. "Filter" is a Tableau term that technically applies only to Context and
Traditional Filters; however, the Custom SQL "Filter" emulates the behavior of a global Context
Filter, so we will refer to it as such. By construction, Custom SQL "Filters" are always global.
The most common reason for using a Custom SQL "Filter" is to limit the size of a data extract.
The smaller your data extract, the more quickly

your charts will load. In other words, you can make more complex charts without sacrificing
efficiency.
One of the ways to create a Custom SQL "Filter" is during the Server Connection process.
Context Filters:
a Context Filter is a filter in Tableau that affects the data that is transferred to each individual
worksheet. Context Filters are great when you want to limit the data seen by the worksheet.
When a worksheet queries the data source, it creates a temporary, flat table that is uses to
compute the chart. This temporary table includes all values that are not filtered out by either the
Custom SQL or the Context Filter. Just like with Custom SQL "Filters", your goal is to make this
temporary table as small as possible.
Context Filters have a few advantages over Traditional Filters. First, they execute more quickly
than Traditional Filters. They are also executed before Traditional Filters and can be executed all
at once, which further improves efficiency. However, they do have one drawback. It takes time
for the filter to be placed into context. A rule of thumb, from Tableau's KnowledgeBase, is to
only place a filter into context if it reduces the data by at least 10%.
A Context Filter is created by dragging a field onto the "Filters" Shelf and editing the filter.
Then, you can Right-Click the field on the shelf and select "Add to Context." If you have
multiple context filters, you can CTRL-Select them all and add them to context in a batch. This
will improve the efficiency of your filter.
Traditional Filters:
Traditional Filter is exactly what most people think of when they think of filters. When Tableau
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Since this is not performed at the table level, it is the slowest of all filter types. However, it does
have the advantage of being performed after the Context Filters. This is a necessity if you are
dealing with complex "Top N" filters. A Traditional Filter can be created by simply dragging a
field onto the "Filters" Shelf.

27. How to Improve Performance in Tableau.?

1. Use an extract. There is nothing else that comes close to the efficiency gained using an extract.
If you don't absolutely need live data, extracting is the best bet.

2. Limit your dashboard to fully answering only one scenario. At it's simplest, a dashboard
should be able to fully explore a single scenario. If your dashboard has six sheets, five actions,
and 3 quick filters, you might not be looking at only one scenario. Remember, no matter how
elegant and comprehensive your solution is, if it doesn't run as quickly as the user would like it
to, he or she will not use it. I would not recommend butchering your dashboard so heavily that it
cannot fully handle a scenario. If the user has to go somewhere else to find the answer, why did
they use your dashboard at all?
3. Limit the data being introduced to each worksheet. If you are not planning on using a set of
rows, you should filter them out of the data set as early as possible. If your table contains all
sales, and you only want to look at US sales, create a Custom SQL query that filters it out. If the
filter is worksheet dependent, try using a Context Filter. For more information on filtering, check
out my other post Types of Filters in Tableau. You can also click the Down Arrow beside the
word "Dimension" and Select "Hide All Unused Fields" to hide any fields you are not using in
any of your worksheets. I'm not sure if this improves efficiency; but I'd have to imagine that it
does, less data should always improve performance.
4. Remove components that add no value. While aesthetics are very important to building a
usable dashboard, unimportant objects aren't worth losing efficiency over. In fact, you would be
better off adding more functionality than you would by adding a purely aesthetic object.
5. Eliminate any non-essential components from the visualization. This refers to values that
would appear on the Pages, Filters, and Level of Detail Shelves. If they are purely there for the
user to see if they scroll over a point, then they aren't adding any value to the initial glance.
However, I leave this as the last step because it should be a last resort. In most cases, a little
forethought can save you a lot of heartache when you are creating dashboards. Decide exactly
what story you want to tell, and tell only that. It is much easier to add functionality to a small
dashboard, than to butcher a large one. Thanks for reading.

28. What is Tableau Public?

The free version of Tableau Public is for people. This includes writers, bloggers, students,
professors, hobbyists, journeymen, critics, citizens and more. It?s also meant for organizations,
but only as an introductory service. If your organization wants to put data online for the public,
you are welcome to use this as an introductory service. If you like what you see, contact us at
[email protected] to discuss a commercial relationship.

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29. How does Tableau Public work?

Tableau Public includes a free desktop product that you can download and use to publish
interactive data visualizations to the web. The Tableau Public desktop saves work to the Tableau
Public web servers ? nothing is saved locally on your computer. All data saved to Tableau Public
will be accessible by everyone on the internet, so be sure to work only with publically available
(and appropriate) data.

30. I have my own blog or website. Can I use Tableau Public to share data there?

Yes. Use Tableau Public to share data and insights with your community. Embed the content in
your blog or website, or share it via links on web pages or in emails. Use our website to find out
how. Learn more about Sharing Views in the Knowledge Base.

31. Is there a limit on storage space for the data?

Yes, there is a 1 gigabyte limit on storage space for data. For the vast majority of users, we
expect that 1 GB will be more space than needed. Learn more about Data Requirements and
Limitations in the Knowledge Base.

32. Do I need to be a programmer to use this?

No programming skills of any kind are required. It is a simple drag and drop process that anyone
can easily learn.

33. I work for an organization that has lots of data to share with the public. Can we use Tableau
Public?

Yes -- as long as you and everyone at your organization together use less than 50 megabytes of
space. Tableau Public gives your organization (e.g., a company, government agency or
educational institution) the opportunity to explore its capabilities. If your organization wants to
put data online for the public, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss a
commercial relationship.

34. Do I need the free desktop product if I already own a commercial version of Tableau
Desktop?

No. Tableau Desktop comes in three editions: Professional Edition ($1,999), Personal Edition
($999) and Public Edition (free). If you already have Professional or Personal Edition, you?ll
find that your latest upgrade includes the ability to publish to the Tableau Public servers. There is
nothing in Public Edition that isn?t included in the latest versions of the paid products.

35. What type of data limitations does Tableau Public have?

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Tableau Public can connect to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and multiple text file formats.
It has a limit of 1,000,000 rows of data that is allowed in any single file. Learn more about Data
Requirements and Limitations in the Knowledge Base.
36. Can I set permissions or protect the data I save to Tableau Public?
All content saved to Tableau Public is accessible to everyone on the internet. As the author, you
are the only one who can delete your own content, but anyone on the internet can view it. In
addition to viewing it, anyone can download a copy of your workbook (including the underlying
data) as well, which will let them work with and build upon your original.

37. If I publish my data on Tableau Public. is my data now public?

Yes, your data on Tableau Public is now accessible on the world-wide web and is down loadable
by anyone. We strongly suggest you only publish data you are willing to share with anyone.

38. What online blog services is Tableau Public compatible with?

Embedding Tableau Public content into a blog requires the blog software to support embedded
HTML content, including script tags. Some popular blog sites which are compatible with
Tableau Public embedded content are: Blogger (by Google) ? www.blogger.com Type pad ?
www.typepad.com Edit your posts in HTML mode rather than Rich Text, otherwise the Tableau
Public embed codes don?t get preserved. Wordpress - www.wordpress.org. On this site you can
download and install a software script called WordPress. To do this you need a web host.
WordPress is completely customizable and can be used for almost anything. There is also a
service called www.WordPress.com which lets you get started with a new and free WordPress-
based blog, but it is less flexible than the WordPress you download and install yourself. Blogs
hosted on Wordpress.com do not take advantage of tools like Tableau that use JavaScript

39. What kind of technology is a Tableau Viz?

It is a thin AJAX based JavaScript application.

40. How do people find the visualizations I save to Tableau Public?

Once you save your work to Tableau Public, it may be shared (by emailing a link or embedding
the work in your blog, wiki, or website). If you embed the work onto a web page, anyone who
visits the page will see the live interactive view. If you email a link, just clicking the link will
open a browser page with the view loaded. Learn more about Sharing Views in the Knowledge
Base.

41. "What?s the ""Download"" link on the Viz?"

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Any Tableau Public viz can be downloaded by pressing the download link in the lower right
corner. It saves to your computer as a TWBX file. Anyone with Tableau Desktop (Professional,
Personal or Public Edition) can open the file and review or extend the work that was behind the
original posting. Learn more about Downloading Tableau Public Workbooks in the Knowledge
Base.

42. Is there a plug-in required to see the Tableau Viz?

No plug-ins are required. You just need a browser with JavaScript enabled.

43. What happens if I delete a workbook from Tableau Public and there are links to it in blogs or
other web locations?

Once a workbook or view is deleted from Tableau Public, it cannot be retrieved from Tableau
Public by anyone. All links or other references to it that may have been shared will not be able to
load the viz and will display an error message on the page.

44. What are the system requirements for the desktop software?

Please refer to the Tableau Public System Requirements page

45. "What do you mean by ""Data In. Brilliance Out.""?"

This is our vision for Tableau Public. In captures both our twin goals of making Tableau
incredibly easy to use and spectacularly powerful.

46. What is KPI in Tableau.?

We can easily create a view that shows Key Progress Indicators (KPIs). To do this, you complete
the following tasks:
Ø Create the base view with the fields you want to measure.
Ø Build a calculated field that establishes the figure from which you measure progress for the
data you’re measuring.
Ø Use shapes that Tableau provides that are designed specifically for KPIs.

Preparing data for Tableau.

Ø Cleanup dimensions and measure names.
Ø Set attribute aliases.
Ø Set default colors
Ø Set default measure aggregations.
Ø Create calculated fields

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Is Parameter have it's dropdown list..?

Yes, But it will be called as Compact list.

What is the criteria to blend the data from multiple data sources.?
There should be a common dimension to blend the data source into single worksheet. For
example, when blending Actual and Target sales data, the two data sources may have a Date
field in common. The Date field must be used on the sheet. Then when you switch to the
secondary data source in the Data window, Tableau automatically links fields that have the same
name. If they don’t have the same name, you can define a custom relationship that creates the
correct mapping between fields.
Can we use Groups and Sets in calculation field.?
Ø Groups: No, we can not use Groups in calculation fields.
Ø Sets: Yes, we can use Sets in calculation fields.

Difference between Grouping and Sets.?

Ø Groups – Combine dimension members into higher level categories.

Ø Sets – Create a custom field based on existing dimensions that can be used to encode the view
with multiple dimension members across varying dimension levels.

What is context filter.?

If you are applying filters to a large data source, you can improve performance by setting up
context filters. A context filter is applied to the data source first, and then the other filters are
applied only to the resulting records. This sequence avoids applying each filter to each record in
the data source. You may create a context filter to:
Ø Improve performance – If you set a lot of filters or have a large data source, the queries can be
slow. You can set one or more context filters to improve performance.
Ø Create a dependent numerical or top N filter – You can set a context filter to include only the
data of interest, and then set a numerical or a top N filter.

What is Dual Axis.?

You can compare multiple measures using dual axes, which are two independent axes that are
layered on top of each other. Dual axes are useful when you have two measures that have
different scales. For example, the view below shows Dow Jones and NASDAQ close values over
time. To add the measure as dual axis drag the field to the right side of the view and drop it when
you see a dashed line. You can also select Dual Axis on the field menu for the measure.

The two axes are independent scales but the marks are layered in the same pane.

Can we use Parameter in Filter.?

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Yes, We can use.

What is page self..?

The Pages shelf is a powerful part of Tableau that you can use to control the display of output as
well as the printed result of that output.

47. How to Improve Performance in Tableau.?

1. Use an extract. There is nothing else that comes close to the efficiency gained using an extract.
If you don't absolutely need live data, extracting is the best bet.

2. Limit your dashboard to fully answering only one scenario. At it's simplest, a dashboard
should be able to fully explore a single scenario. If your dashboard has six sheets, five actions,
and 3 quick filters, you might not be looking at only one scenario. Remember, no matter how
elegant and comprehensive your solution is, if it doesn't run as quickly as the user would like it
to, he or she will not use it. I would not recommend butchering your dashboard so heavily that it
cannot fully handle a scenario. If the user has to go somewhere else to find the answer, why did
they use your dashboard at all?

3. Limit the data being introduced to each worksheet. If you are not planning on using a set of
rows, you should filter them out of the data set as early as possible. If your table contains all
sales, and you only want to look at US sales, create a Custom SQL query that filters it out. If the
filter is worksheet dependent, try using a Context Filter. For more information on filtering, check
out my other post Types of Filters in Tableau. You can also click the Down Arrow beside the
word "Dimension" and Select "Hide All Unused Fields" to hide any fields you are not using in
any of your worksheets. I'm not sure if this improves efficiency; but I'd have to imagine that it
does, less data should always improve performance.

4. Remove components that add no value. While aesthetics are very important to building a
usable dashboard, unimportant objects aren't worth losing efficiency over. In fact, you would be
better off adding more functionality than you would by adding a purely aesthetic object.

5. Eliminate any non-essential components from the visualization. This refers to values that
would appear on the Pages, Filters, and Level of Detail Shelves. If they are purely there for the
user to see if they scroll over a point, then they aren't adding any value to the initial glance.
However, I leave this as the last step because it should be a last resort. In most cases, a little
forethought can save you a lot of heartache when you are creating dashboards. Decide exactly
what story you want to tell, and tell only that. It is much easier to add functionality to a small
dashboard, than to butcher a large one. Thanks for reading.

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48. Is there any new features implemented in tableau 8.0 regarding the tableau server
performance improvement?

1. Use an extract 2. Limit your dashboard to fully answering only one scenario 3. Limit the data
being introduced to each worksheet 4. Remove components that add no value 5. Eliminate any
non-essential components from the visualization

49. What are the other settings I need to reconfigure to get better performance as I am using 7.0
tableau server and planning to upgrade to latest versions?Suggest best configurations based on
the provided server details?

Tableau 8,8.1 and 8.2 also supported for 4GB ram and core processors.

50. How many viz SQL process should I run?

Depending on Data Capacity

51. How many extracts (extract type) can be used on a single server(without effecting
server performance like memory) ?

Better 10

52. What are the possible reasons for slow performance in Tableau?

More Extracts, filters and depends on data sources

53. How to check the performance step by step manner(DB, Report side, Network) in tableau
report ?

Go to help menu and select performance tuning option

54. How to improve the tableau report performance?

If you are not planning on using a set of rows, you should filter them out of the data set as early
as possible. If your table contains all sales, and you only want to look at US sales, create a
Custom SQL query that filters it out. If the filter is worksheet dependent, try using a Context
Filter. For more information on filtering, check out my other post Types of Filters in Tableau.
You can also click the Down Arrow beside the word "Dimension" and Select "Hide All Unused
Fields" to hide any fields you are not using in any of your worksheets. I'm not sure if this
improves efficiency; but I'd have to imagine that it does, less data should always improve
performance.

55. How we can find the tableau Report Rendering Time.?

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Report rendering time=Network time(request from URL to Report server) +Query execution
time + Network time(response from SQL Server)+calculations(table column)+time taken to
display the report in desired format(html/ pdf/ excel)

56. What kind of technology is a Tableau Viz?

It is a thin AJAX based JavaScript application

57. Is there a limit on storage space for the data?

Yes, there is a 1 gigabyte limit on storage space for data. For the vast majority of users, we
expect that 1 GB will be more space than needed.

58. How do you create dashboard.? Can you explain the life cycle.?

Once we have proper requirement we will create the worksheet in Developer environment and
create the dashboard with all the worksheets and then do the unit testing and if everything looks
good then we will publish the same in to the dev server with valid permission and the migration
will be taken care by our tableau administrator

59. Can you explain about table calculations?

These are inbuilt calculations in tableau which we normally use to calculate Percentange from or
for YTD and other calculations like the measure across table, below table and etc..

61. What kind of join do you see in data blending?

There won't be any joins as such but we will just give the column references like primary and
foreign key relation.

62. What is data blending..? When do you use this.?

Data blending is when you blend data from multiple data sources on a single worksheet. The data
is joined on common dimensions. Data Blending does not create row level joins and is not a way
to add new dimensions or rows to your data.

We use this when we want to fetch data from different sources and make use in single worksheet.

63. When do you use horizontal and vertical components?

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We can use these when we want to have all sheets or filter to move in single shot.. however we
can still create the dashboard without this also.. this allows us to make our work simple
64. Name the components of dashboard?
Ø Horizontal
Ø Vertical
Ø Text
Ø Images etc

Tableau is based on three simple concepts:

Connect - Connect Tableau to any database that you want to analyze. Note that Tableau does not
import the data. Instead it queries to the database directly.
Analyze - Analyzing data means viewing it, filtering it, sorting it, performing calculations on it,
reorganizing it, summarizing it, and so on.

Using Tableau you can do all of these things by simply arranging fields of your data source on a
Tableau worksheet. When you drop a field on a worksheet, Tableau queries the data using
standard drivers and query languages (like SQL and MDX) and presents a visual analysis of the
data.

Share - You can share results with others either by sharing workbooks with other Tableau users,
by pasting results into applications such as Microsoft Office, printing to PDF or by using
Tableau Server to publish or embed your views across your organization.

69. What is Tableau Reader?

Tableau Reader is a free viewing application that lets anyone read and interact with packaged
workbooks created by Tableau Desktop

70. What is Tableau Server?

Tableau Server is a business intelligence solution that provides browser-based visual analytics
anyone can use at just a fraction of the cost of typical BI software. With just a few clicks, you
can publish or embed live, interactive graphs, dashboards and reports with current data
automatically customized to the needs of everyone across your organization. It deploys in
minutes and users can produce thousands of reports without the need of IT services — all within
your IT infrastructure.

71. What is Tableau Desktop?

Tableau Desktop is a data visualization application that lets you analyze virtually any type of
structured data and produce highly interactive, beautiful graphs, dashboards, and reports in just
minutes. After a quick installation, you can connect to virtually any data source from

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spreadsheets to data warehouses and display information in multiple graphic perspectives.

Designed to be easy to use, you’ll be working faster than ever before.

72. What is the Difference between connect live and import all data and Import some data.?

Ø Connect live – Creates a direct connect to your data. The speed of your data source will
determine performance.
Ø Import all data – Imports the entire data source into Tableau’s fast data engine as an extract.
The extract is saved with the workbook.
Ø Import some data – Imports a subset of your data into Tableau’s fast data engine as an extract.
This option requires you to specify what data you want to extract using filters.

73. How is Tableau so fast when working with databases?

Tableau compiles the elements of your visual canvas into a SQL or MDX query for the remote
database to process. Since a database typically runs on more powerful hardware than the laptops
/ workstations used by analysts, you should generally expect the database to handle queries much
faster than most in-memory BI applications limited by end-user hardware.

Tableau's ability to push computation (queries) close to the data is increasingly important for
large data sets, which may reside on a fast cluster and may be too large to bring in-memory.
Another factor in performance relates to data transfer, or in Tableau's case result set transfer.

Since Tableau visualizations are designed for human consumption, they are tailored to the
capabilities and limits of the human perception system. This generally means that the amount of
data in a query result set is small relative to the size of the underlying data, and visualizations
focus on aggregation and filtering to identify trends and outliers.

The small resultsets require little network bandwidth, so Tableau is able to fetch and render the
resultset very quickly. And, as Ross mentioned, Tableau will cache query results for fast reuse.
The last factor as mentioned by Eriglen involves Tableau's ability to use in-memory acceleration
as needed (for example, when working with very slow databases, text files, etc.).

Tableau's Data Engine uses memory-mapped I/O, so while it takes advantage of in-memory
acceleration it can easily work with large data sets which cannot fit in memory.

The Data Engine will work only with the subsets of data on disk which is needed for a given
query, and the data subsets are mapped into memory as needed. OR Tableau does do some
amount of in-memory storage to increase speed (when extracted), but a great portion of its speed
actually comes from not having to store data in memory. This is because Tableau only stores the
data relevant to your queries in-memory, whereas other solutions will store the entire set in
memory, which can take more time to load. OR Tableau main feature "data engine" is really a
cool feature.

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If you work with a large amount of data it takes some time to import, create indexes and sort data
but after that everything speedup. Tableau data engine is not really in-memory technology. The
data is stored in disk after imported and then RAM is hardly utilized. This conception brings the
desired performance.

74. How many types of filters are there in Tableau.?

In Tableau, there are three types of filters. More explicitly, there are three different ways to limit
the data that is displayed by your graph. Each of these has its own strengths and weaknesses, and
we will look at them one at a time. These types are
Ø Custom SQL "Filters"
Ø Context Filters
Ø Traditional Filters.

Custom SQL Filters:

Custom SQL "Filter" is a WHERE clause that is placed in the SQL that queries the data to be
used in the workbook. "Filter" is a Tableau term that technically applies only to Context and
Traditional Filters; however, the Custom SQL "Filter" emulates the behavior of a global Context
Filter, so we will refer to it as such. By construction, Custom SQL "Filters" are always global.
The most common reason for using a Custom SQL "Filter" is to limit the size of a data extract.
The smaller your data extract, the more quickly your charts will load. In other words, you can
make more complex charts without sacrificing efficiency.
One of the ways to create a Custom SQL "Filter" is during the Server Connection process.

Context Filters:
a Context Filter is a filter in Tableau that affects the data that is transferred to each individual
worksheet. Context Filters are great when you want to limit the data seen by the worksheet.
When a worksheet queries the data source, it creates a temporary, flat table that is uses to
compute the chart. This temporary table includes all values that are not filtered out by either the
Custom SQL or the Context Filter. Just like with Custom SQL "Filters", your goal is to make this
temporary table as small as possible.

Context Filters have a few advantages over Traditional Filters. First, they execute more quickly
than Traditional Filters. They are also executed before Traditional Filters and can be executed all
at once, which further improves efficiency. However, they do have one drawback. It takes time
for the filter to be placed into context. A rule of thumb, from Tableau's KnowledgeBase, is to
only place a filter into context if it reduces the data by at least 10%.
A Context Filter is created by dragging a field onto the "Filters" Shelf and editing the filter.
Then, you can Right-Click the field on the shelf and select "Add to Context." If you have
multiple context filters, you can CTRL-Select

them all and add them to context in a batch. This will improve the efficiency of your filter.

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Traditional Filters:
Traditional Filter is exactly what most people think of when they think of filters. When Tableau
is creating the visualization, it will check to see if a value is filtered out by a Traditional Filter.
Since this is not performed at the table level, it is the slowest of all filter types. However, it does
have the advantage of being performed after the Context Filters. This is a necessity if you are
dealing with complex "Top N" filters. A Traditional Filter can be created by simply dragging a
field onto the "Filters" Shelf.

Tricky Tableau Interview Questions and

Answers
Q.1 What are the variations between Live and Extract Connections?
Live affiliation Vs Extract affiliation

• LIVE affiliation
It has an online property

• Extract Connection
It offers both online and Offline Connectivity

• LIVE affiliation
It is addicted to the information Source

• Extract Connection
Independent of the information supply

• LIVE affiliation
It is freelance of .TDE file

• Extract Connection
Dependent on the.TDE file

• LIVE affiliation
We have to be compelled to refresh the connection

• Extract Connection

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We want to refresh the Extract file

• LIVE affiliation
Refreshing Type: Incremental

• Extract Connection
Full refresh (Incremental additionally possible)

Q.2 What’s Tableau knowledge Engine?

Tableau knowledge engine is that the high-performance analytical knowledge base on
our machine. It makes use of the memory on-fly.

After finishing the work, TDE can unleash its memory.

TDE gets mechanically put in at the side of the desktop installation.

Q.3 What’s Tableau Repository?

Tableau repository is that the centralized part of the Tableau Desktop. It’s the
situation wherever the entire info of the desktop are keeping the sort of multiple
folders.

Q.4 What are the categories of Dimension?

The Dimensions are divided into nine different kinds

1. Slowly ever-changing Dimension

2. Chop-chop ever-changing Dimension
3. Unchanged Dimension
4. Shrunken Dimension
5. Junk Dimension
6. Conformed Dimension
7. Degenerated Dimension
8. Role enjoying Dimension
9. Inferred Dimension
i. Slowly ever-changing Dimension:
If the information within the dimension is ever-changing over an amount of your time
then such reasonable dimension is thought as “Slowly ever-changing Dimension”

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Example: Student of the worker

ii. Chop-chop ever-changing Dimension:
If the information within the dimension is ever-changing chop-chop (or) ofttimes
there such a sort of dimension is thought of as “Rapidly ever-changing Dimension”

Example: Age (Age can modification every and each second, minute and hour)
iii. Unchanged Dimension:
If the information within the dimension is unchanged or the values within the
Unchanged Dimension ar constant. So, it’s referred to as “Static Dimension”

Example: Traffic Signals, knowledge Growth

iv. Shrunken Dimension:
The set of 1 dimension is thought as Shrunken Dimension.

Example: Quarter is that the Shrunken Dimension of the year.

A month is that the Shrunken Dimension of the Quarter.

A week is that the Shrunken Dimension of the Month.

v. Junk Dimension:
Junk suggests that unwanted (or) Unrelated. If the dimension containing the unrelated
info, then it’s referred to as “Junk Dimension”.

vi. Conformed Dimension:

If one dimension is usually shared by the multiple business areas then such a
reasonably dimension is thought as Conformed Dimension.

Example: faculty –> Hospital –> Company

9:00 Am – 7:00 PM (Time)

vii. Degenerated Dimension:

The dimension that contains solely primary keys with none matter info is thought as
Degenerated Dimension.

It is the sole dimension table that isn’t having.

viii. Role enjoying Dimension:

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If one dimension is enjoying multiple roles within the truth table or if one dimension
secret is hooked up to multiple foreign keys within the truth then such a sort of
dimension is thought as “Role enjoying Dimension”.

Example: Flipkart
Date of order
Date of service
A Date of delivery
“DATE” is enjoying multiple roles.
ix. Inferred Dimension:
The empty dimension is called “Inferred Dimension”. It’s usually employed in ETL.
As the Inferred Dimension doesn’t contain its own primary keys, we are going to
produce the synthetic primary keys called “Surrogate Keys

Q.5 That Schema is Best in Performance?

Star Schema because it contains less variety of tables. Invariably begin|the beginning}
schema is sweet in performance as a result of start schema contains a lesser variety of
tables that the knowledge choice are quicker.

Q.6 Is it attainable to convert snowflake to star schema or not?

Yes, it’s attainable to convert snowflake to star schema by grouping all the size into
one logical.

Logical dimension, however, that approach isn’t suggested because it degrades the
performance.

Q.7 That Schema you have got enforced in your Recent Project?
Always the snowflake attributable to the complexness of any client’s info (or)
Business we tend to designed snowflake

Q.8 That Dimension isn’t Having its own Dimension Table?

Degenerated Dimension

Q.9 What’s VIZQL in Tableau?

Tableau is that the Business Intelligence application that permits the users to form
interactive, dynamic visualizations, with the assistance of “VIZQL”

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VIZQL: VIZQL could be an image search language

Note: VIZQL=SQL+DL

VIZQL could be a combination of structured search language (SQL) that employ to

speak with {the knowledge|the info|the information} and descriptive language (DL)
that employ to convert the matter data into the image.

Note: VIZQL is dynamic in nature

VIZQL is that the patent search language by the tableau corporation.

Tableau Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers. Q- 1,2,7,9,

Tableau Interview Questions and Answers for Experience. Q- 3,4,5,6,8,
Q.10 What is the sort Of Measures?
1. Additive live
2. Semi-Additive live
3. Non-Additive live
Additive Measure:
If the live is supporting the aggregate with all the size then such reasonably live is
thought as “Additive Measure”.

Semi-Additive Measure:
If the live is supporting the aggregations solely on few of dimensions however not all
of them such reasonably live is thought as semi-Additive live.

Non-Additive Measure:
If the live isn’t giving the United States any pregnant Outputs when applying the
aggregations with the list of all dimensions then it’s called “Non-Additive Measure”

Q.11 What’s truth Table?

Collection of facts is thought as truth Table. Supported in the categories of facts, truth
tables are divided into three sorts

1. Accumulative truth Table

2. Photograph truth Table
3. Truthless Fact Table

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Cumulative truth Table:

If {the truth|the very fact|the actual fact} table is containing solely the additive facts
these such a sort of fact table is thought as “Cumulative truth Table”
It contains the periodic info like year wise total sales, state wise average revenues, etc.

Snapshot truth Table:

If {the truth|the very fact|the actual fact} table containing solely semi-additive & non-
additive facts then such a sort of fact table is thought of as “Snapshot truth Table”
It contains instant info like day wise discounts, week wise margins etc.

Factless truth Table:

If {the truth|the very fact|the actual fact} table is containing solely the keys with none
facts such a sort of fact tables are thought as truthless Fact Table.

Q.12 What’s WorkBook?

In Tableau, book files are abundant similar to MS-Excel workbooks.

The book is that the instrumentation for all add the Tableau

To create a replacement book click on file new (or) use cntl+n

The book contains:

1. Data section
2. Tableau space
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Q.13 What are the Default Geographic Roles?
1. Code (U.S)
2. CBSA/MSA (U.S)
3. general assembly Districts (U.S)
4. Cities
5. Country/Region
6. County
7. States/Provinces
8. nada Codes/ communicating Codes
Q.14 What are The MAP Types?

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In Tableau, we tend to ar having 2 sorts of maps

1. Image Maps
2. Crammed Maps
Symbol Maps: If we tend to indicate every and each geographic location with a logo
like a circle or sq. on the map then it’s called “Symbol Maps
Filled Maps: If we tend to indicate every and each geographic location with a
crammed portion then it’s called “Filled Map”.
Let’s Create Heat Map in Tableau
Q.15 What’s The Behaviour of Dimension?
Dimension invariably contains distinct values.

Discrete prices suggest that every and each value are freelance of the remaining
values.

Q.16 What’s Nested twin Axis?

If we tend to place one twin axis within the opposite is it called “ Nested twin Axis”.
In maps, it’s attainable to produce the nested twin axis.

Q.17 What are The Background Maps in Tableau?

In Tableau, we tend to ar having 3 sorts of background maps

1. Offline
2. Online
3. WMS Server
i. Offline: In offline tableau gets the backgrounds maps from the native machine. It
doesn’t need any net property.
Offline maps are set within the following location.

ii. Online: In on-line Tableau gets the backgrounds map from the remote tableau
servers. It needs net property
From tableau eight.2 in online mode, we tend to ar hacking into servers

1. TABLEAU
2. TABLEAU Classic

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From Tableau nine.0 they need integrated all the options of tableau & tableau classics
into one server tableau. So, from tableau nine.0 solely tableau on-line choice is
obtainable.

iii. WMS Server: WMS Stands for “Web Map Service Server” victimization this
selection we are able to connect with third-party servers.
Note:: to vary the background map choice click on “map” choose background map
and check either “Offline” or “Online” or”NEO WMS” (Nasa Earth Observation –
NEO).

Q.18 What are the Filtering Levels in Tableau?

In Tableau, filtering is performing at 2 levels

1. Worksheet Level
2. Knowledge supply Level (New Feature from eight.0)
Worksheet Level:
If we tend to perform filtering at the worksheet level tableau can add a filter to solely
that worksheet by default.

Data Source:
If we tend to perform filtering at knowledge supply level tableau can apply that filter
to all or any the sheets uses that data source.

Read about Tableau Filter Operations in detail

Q.19 What are totally different filtering ways in which at the worksheet levels?
1. Header
2. Marks Card
3. Dataview
4. Victimization Filter Shelf
5. Fast Filter
6. Context Filter
7. Cascading Filter
8. Parameter Filter
Tableau Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers. Q- 11,15,17,19
Tableau Interview Questions and Answers for Experience. Q- 12,13,14,16,18,20

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Q.20 What are the Parameters in Tableau?

Parameters permit the users to pass their own values dynamically.

In Tableau, we are {able to} able to produce the various sorts of parameters like

1. Integer
2. Float
3. String
4. Boolean
5. Data Type
6. Date+Time
Depending on the information sort & parameters we are able to pass the values in 3
ways

1. All
2. List
3. Range
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Q.21 Filtering Across Multiple knowledge Sources?
In Tableau by default, we are able to share filter with just one knowledge supply. If
we would like to share the filter across multiple knowledge sources then we’ve to use

1. Parameters
2. Filter Actions
Note: Parameters are freelance of the information supply

Note: If we tend to use same parameters across multiple worksheets. If we tend to

choose price in one worksheet it’ll mechanically get applied within the remaining
worksheets.

Q.22 What are the Alerts & Subscriptions?

With the alerts & subscriptions, it’s attainable to grasp the standing of the tableau
server mechanically.

To set up this we want an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).

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Subscriptions can send the desired content to the subscribes to the mechanically.

Q.23 What’s The Secure Socket Layer?

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) secures the data whereas remodeling over the network, by
changing it into the encrypted format when reaching the target it’ll mechanically
decipher.

To set up SSL, we want SSl certification file wherever we’ve to get this certification
from the third party hosting firms like nortne.etc.

Q.24 What’s Security Assertion Markup Language?

SAML employes to set up the one sign-on.

In the single sign-on, it’s attainable to access multiple servers.

Q.25 What is the Kerberos?

Kerberos is a new feature from tableau eight.3, with Kerberos additionally it’s
attainable to set up single-sign-on.

Q.26 What is The Tableau Servers?

Depending on the licensing value tableau serve area divided into a pair of sorts

1. User primarily based Tableau Server

2. Core primarily based Tableau Server
User primarily based Server:
It provides restricted user access looking on the no.of users & Licences.

Note:: If we tend to take License for ten users at a time, we are able to add website
roles to solely this ten users. If we tend to assign any website role to the eleventh user.
Tableau assigns mechanically website role as unauthorized.

Core primarily based Server:

It provides unlimited user access at a time we are able to assign website roles to ‘n’
no.of users.

The Licensing value is terribly high for the core bareheaded server.

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Note: Core primarily based server contains another “site role” within the name of
“eruest”
User primarily based server beginning licensing value is ten,000$ per ten users per
one year.

Q.27 Revision History

From Tableau Server nine.3 it’s attainable to perform version dominant in a tableau
with the assistance of revision history choice at the time of web site creation.
Version dominant suggests that maintaining multiple older copies of the identical
book if you publish the book with an identical name. It terribly advantages to Rolbasis
the initial image when modifying them.

Q.28 What’s Scheduling?

Automation of the manual tasks achieves with the assistance of programming.
Scheduling perform for two sorts of tasks.

Extract Refreshers: Which is able to perform refreshing of the extract files

mechanically.
Subscription: Which is able to send the desired image to subscribers mechanically
victimization SMTP.
Q.29 Tableau Server Setup
1. Installation
2. Configuration
PRE-REQUISITES:
Deployment_type No.of Users RAM-Size No of Cores
Testing (or) Proof of construct (or) Evaluation 1 (or) 2 4 GB for thirty-two bit 2
Small < 25 8 GB four
Medium < 100 32 GB eight
Enterprise >=100 >=32 GB one

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