BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS

 Number functions
 String functions
 Date functions
 Logical functions
 Aggregate functions

Number functions

ABS(number)
CEILING(number)

COS(number)

DIV(integer1, integer2)

EXP(number)

FLOOR(number)

MAX(number, number)

MAX([FIRST FIELD],[SECOND FIELD])

MIN(number, number)

POWER(number, power)

POWER(SALES,2)

ROUND(number, [decimals])

ROUND(sales)

SQRT(number)
SQUARE(number)

Number Functions

In Tableau, a user can use different types of built-in functions which can be applied to
numbers only. Following are the some of the commonly used “Number” functions:

a) ABS: This function returns the absolute value of the specified number.
Example: ABS(-10) = 10
 b) CEILING: It rounds the given number to the nearest integer of equal or greater
value.
Example: CEILING(5.1265) = 6
c) FLOOR: It rounds the given number to the nearest integer of equal or lesser value.
Example: FLOOR(5.1265) = 5
d) LOG: “LOG” returns the logarithm value of the number for the given base. If the
base value is omitted, base 10 is being used by default.
Example: LOG(100) = 2, LOG(256,2) = 8
e) MIN: Returns the minimum value of an expression across all records
Example: MIN([Profit]) – This expression will return the minimum value of the profit
across all the profit values
f) MAX: Returns the maximum value of an expression across all records
Example: MAX([Profit]) – This expression will return the maximum value of the
profit across all the profit values
g) POWER: It returns the result of a number raised to the given power
Example: POWER(5,2) = 25
h) SQRT: It returns the square root of a given number
Example: SQRT(25) = 5
i) ZN: “ZN” stands for “Zero if Null”. It means it returns the given expression if it is
not null, otherwise returns zero.
POWER(SALES,2)
ROUND(sales)
find out the maximum sales_amount from the dataset.
Double the profit and loss of sales dataset using
one calculated field or one expression.
Double the highest profit and loss of global
superstore dataset using one calculated field or
one expression.

String Functions:

For the manipulation of different types of strings, a user can use built-in string functions in
Tableau. Following are the some of the commonly used “String” functions:
a) CONTAINS: This function returns “True” if the user’s mentioned sub-string is
present in the given string.
Example: CONTAINS(“University”, “versi”) = True
b) ENDSWITH: It returns “True” if the given string ends with the user’s mentioned
sub-string
Example: ENDSWITH(“University”, “sity”) = True
c) FIND: Similar to excel “Find” functions, in tableau also FIND functions returns
the position of the mentioned sub-string within the given string. If the sub-string isn’t
found then it returns 0(zero)
Example: FIND(“University”, “versi”) = 4
d) ISDATE: This function is used to check whether the given string is a valid date. If
the string is valid date then it returns “True”
Example: ISDATE(“2017-05-12”) = True
e) LEFT: It returns the specified number of characters from the start of the string.
Example: LEFT(“Calculation”, 4) = Calc
f) LEN: This function returns the number of characters in the given string.
Example: LEN(“Calculation”) = 11
g) LOWER: Convert a text string to all lowercase letters
Example: LOWER(“CalCulation”) = calculation
h) MID: It returns the characters from the middle of a text string given a starting
position and length.
Example: MID(“Tableau”,2,4) = able
i) REPLACE: It returns a string in which every occurrence of the substring is
replaced with the replacement string.
Example: REPLACE(“Calculation”, “ion”, “ed”) = Calculated
j) RIGHT: It returns the specified number of characters from the end of the given
string.
Example: RIGHT(“Calculation”, 4) = tion
k) TRIM: Returns the string with both trailing and leading spaces removed
Example: TRIM(“ Budget “) = Budget
l) UPPER: Convert a text string to all uppercase letters
Example: LOWER(“Budget”) = BUDGET
 Show details who has letter "a" in their
customer names.

Pick all those customer locations which

has letter "a" in their customer names.
IF CONTAINS([Customer Name],'a') THEN [Customer Country]

ELSE NULL

END

show all those employee names which are having "au" in their employee names.

Print first 4 characters of each employee.

Date Functions:

For the manipulation of dates, a user can use built-in date functions in Tableau. Following are
the some of the commonly used “Date” functions:

a) DATEADD: Add an increment to the specified date and returns the new date.
Example: DATEADD(‘month’, 3, #2017-07-12#) = 2017-10-12 12:00:00 AM
b) DATEDIFF: Returns the difference the two dates where start_date is subtracted
from end_date
Example: DATEDIFF(‘month’, #2017-04-12#, #2017-07-15#) = 3
c) DATENAME: Returns the part of the given date as string.
Example: DATENAME(‘month’, #2017-05-14#) = May
d) DATEPARSE: It converts a string to a date in the specified format
Example: DATEPARSE(“dd.mmmm.yyyy”, “15.April.2017”) = 2017-04-15 12:00:00
AM
e) DATEPART: Returns a part of the given date as an integer where the part is
defined by date_part.
Example: DATEPART(‘month’, #2018-01-17#) = 1
f) MONTH: Returns the month of the given date as an integer
 Example: MONTH(#2018-02-19#) = 2
g) TODAY: Returns the current date
h) YEAR: Returns the year of the given date as an integer
Example: YEAR(#2018-02-19#) = 2018

How many days it has taken to deliver each

order.
if days<5 then on time
if days>15 then delayed
or else moderate

Data Type Conversion Functions:

Using “ Data Type Conversion” functions of Tableau, a user can convert the values of one
data type to another data type.

a) DATE: Returns a date given a number, string or date expression

Example: DATE(“2011-03-12”) = 2011-03-12
b) FLOAT: It returns the floating number from the given expression of any type
Example: FLOAT(“3”) = 3.00
c) INT: Returns an integer given an expression
Example: INT(-9.7) = -9
d) STR: Returns a string given an expression
Example: STR(90) = “90”

Logical Functions:

The following are some commonly used Logical Functions in Tableau:

a) AND: This function performs the logical conjunction of two or more expression. “AND”
returns “True” when all the given expressions are true.
b) CASE: This function finds the first that matches the given and returns the corresponding
Example:
CASE [Name] WHEN “John” THEN 90
WHEN “Emma” THEN 95
END
c) IF-ELSE: It tests a series of expressions and returns only that value corresponding to the
first expression is true
Example:
IF [Profit] >0 THEN “Profitable”
ELSEIF [Profit] = 0 THEN “Breakeven”
ELSE “Loss”
END
d) OR: This function performs the logical disjunction on two or more expression. “OR”
returns “True” when any of the given expressions are true.

Aggregation Functions:

In Tableau, a user can use a different type of aggregating Functions to aggregate the required
fields at the required data level. Following are commonly used aggregating Functions:

a) ATTR: It returns the value of the given expression if it only has a single value for all the
row in the group., otherwise it displays an asterisk (*). NULL values are ignored by this
function
b) AVG: It returns the average value of the given expression or array of values
c) COUNT: It returns the count of items in the group. NULL values are not counted
d) COUNTD: It returns the unique count of items in the group.
e) MAX: Returns the maximum value of an expression across all records
Example: MAX([Profit]) – This expression will return the maximum value of the profit
across all the profit values
f) MEDIAN: Returns the median value of an expression across all records
Example: MEDIAN([Profit]) – This expression will return the median value of the profit
across all the profit values
g) MIN: Returns the minimum value of an expression across all records
Example: MIN([Profit]) – This expression will return the minimum value of the profit across
all the profit values
h) PERCENTILE: an aggregate calculation that returns the percentile value from the given
expression, corresponding to the specified percentile value
Example: PERCENTILE([Sales],0.9) = This expression will return the 90th percentile value
from all the Sales value
i) SUM: It returns the sum of the given expression or array of values

Names of employees, who have sales equal to the maximum sale by each category.

Find out the number of days taken to ship the order.