Deloitte:

How many types of filters are there in Tableau🡪What is filter, how many types and purpose
What is context filter? ->
When you apply context filter which field becomes context explain?
What is action filter/
Develop a DB such that when you select region it should display top 5 sales in that region using
action🡪
What is difference between live and extract?
How does data reflect when it is connected in Live and in Extract plz explain in detail
If the version of desktop and server are different can you publish the data to server?
If you have open the report in higher version is it possible to open it from a previous version/
Data extract options in Tableau
What is data source filter?
What is dimension and fact? Data warehousing
What is scatter plotter graph?
What is user filter?
Suppose if you have connect to report using Table A and now you need to connect to Table B.
How do you update the connection? Explain step by step navigation
What is extract scheduler?
What are table calculation?
What is the version of tableau you are using
What is snow flake schema/
What is star schema?
What is fact less fact?
Types of fact?
What is slowly changing dimension
How do you publish report in server/
How many types of actions are there?
What is data blending?
How do you connect to multiple Data bases?
How do you schedule report?- Frequency of report
What is difference between grouping and sets?
What are different file type in which tableau can be saved
What is difference between twb an twbx? Explain in detail and how to save file in twbx?
What is global filter?
When a filter is added in data source filter is that a global filter?
What is cascading filter?
What is difference between union and union all
What is use case filter?

Tech Mahindra

Type of version you have worked on, Difference between them.

The data engine tableau uses -Hyper
Types of tableau files
 Server version you use for tableau
How to split a column in tableau
Filters in tableau
What is the difference between joining and blending
When to use blending
Where do you find the extract history
Which is better live or extract
Different types of actions in tableau
What are parameters
What are groups,sets,bins
Limitations of parameter how to over -come it?
What are combined sets?
What is LOD?
How to create a donut chart?
How to create funnel chart?
Conditional formatting in tableau
How to add undefined locations to tableau map

Cognizant/Value labs

Design a DB to show filter actions.

What is parameter
Design a db using parameter to show top and bottom values
Draw a graph and show running total
Draw Donut Graph
How do you remove show all option in filter
Tableau formats you know?
What is diff b/w extract and live?

Infosys:
1. What are different types of Filters
2. What is context filter and its pros and cons
3. What happens in the background when blending is applied
4. what is differnce between Join and Blending
5. What are parameters and explain about them
6. What are actions and different action filters
7. What are sets and groups and difference between them.
8. What is scatter plot and why is it used
9. Explain different types of joins in Tableau
10. Did you ever create box plot chart, if yes explain about it.
11. Explain about histogram chart
12. How to manage when locations are not identified by Tableau
13. What is Dual axis chart explain
14. What is YTD?
15. What is tiled and floating in dashboard
16. What are user filter, how to apply them?

Accenture:
Which chart to use for 2 measures.
How to get data for one month data plus next 3 months.
How to find how many rows are there in sql server
What is discrete and continous
How do you get data for last 3 months
What is Dual axis and How to make Donut Chart
What is Bin
How can you show year quarter month for line Chart

General Interview questions

FAQS on TABLEAU
Brief about Tableau Components.(Tableau Desktop, Server, Reader, Public, Mobile,Prep)
What is Tableau reader?(use to see Tableau workbooks without
What is Tableau Online?(same as server, server has more security than online)
Explain the Tableau Desktop architecture.()
What is the main advantage of Tableau?(In line memory function,vizsql, visualization)
On which OS Tableau Desktop supports?(Mac and Windows)
Tell differences between the tableau current version to previous versions.
Why we prefer Tableau rather than any other BI tool?(In memory tool, Visual analytics and
speed)
What you identify the tableau desktop window.
What are the data elements you identify?(Textual, Date, Date time, georgraphic, Boolean, )
List the default properties of Data Elements(Text ABC, Date, Date & Time, Geographic,
Number)
Differences between Live and extract connection.( The way worbook is connected to source)
Explain how the extract file is created and what format it is?(tde)
Which connection you prefer to fetch the data and why?(live)
Limitations of Extract connection.
What is Tableau Data Engine?(The way data extraction is done)
What is Tableau Locale?
Explain Tableau data formats.
Explain the process of data connections.
Difference between packaged and unpackaged workbook(including source, excluding source
data) .twbx and .twb
Difference between the reports and views. (Report is final presentation of data, while view
is source)
What is cell, Table and Pane?(various components of Tableau worksheet)
What is Dual axis and what is blended axis?(Dual Axis is mainly used when two mesaures
are used in dual lines graphs or charts. And Blended Axis: is mainly used when more
than two mesaures are used in multi lines graphs or charts.
Why we use Synchronies axis in Dual axis? How?(right click on the axis and select sync. It is
used to sync both the axis)
Explain different axis.
Can we convert measure to dimension and vice-versa? If yes, how?(Yes we can, drag
measures from measure pane to dimension and vise versa. Or right click on
measure/dimension and convert to dimension or measure)
Why we use actions?(To interact with the Dashboard/data)
In how many ways we can apply action- Filter, Highlight and URL.
Is highlight function works on Dash board? yes
How many levels we can apply filters and explains its scope?(header level, cell level, pane
level)
What is context filter?(Filtering on the filtered data)***
Difference between the Normal filter and context filter. (Normal:Filtering the data based on
condition. Context filter: Filtering on the filtered data)
Why we use Quick filters?( To give user the privilege to select.)
Can we assign the filter data to all sheets or selected sheets? How?(yes we can. Select the
filter field from filter shelf and Rt click on it and select to all the worksheets etc.,)
Performance wise which filter is better?(source Filter)
What is conditional Formatting? Whether Tableau supports? How?Yes. You can create a
calculated field and drop it on measure to differentiate. Ex to populate profit and loss in
different color.
How many charts are there in Tableau?(24 in show me )
What is a combinational chart?( working with 2 Axis or Measures)
What is cross tab report?(data in Tabular format)
When we use Line charts?(to know the trend over a period of time)
When we use bar charts?(to compare different values)
When we use pie charts?(to know the distribution)
If you want to use 2-4 measures which kind of charts we use?(Combinational Chart)
*Which chart shows the actual data and target data?( Bullet graph)
What is Gantt chart? Or what chart we used for to track an event or activity over a period of
time? Line Chart.
What are Tree maps? How it can help us?
Over a time period, what type of charts we use to prefer? Line Chart
What is Data Blending?
Explain the Join for Data blending? Use to join dif db
Explain the rules of Data blending? Should have atleast one common field for blending.
Why we use calculated filters? In what way we can use.
Name some Quick Table calculations? Explain in brief.
Can we convert the Dollar “$” symbol to Rupee symbol (Rs.). How? Yes in format option, go
to field and select currency option and select desired currency.
How can we change date Formats?
What is YTD, YTM calculations?
Explain NOW () and TODAY().Now-date with time. Today is only date
What is DATE DIFF ()? (difference between dates)
Why we use Parameter controls?( to pass the value at run time)
Difference between Pane across and table across.(Used in table calculation)
What is grouping? Where can we apply group?(
Explain the process of Dynamic grouping.
Can we apply calculations on groups?
Can we apply parameters on groups?
Are we applying groups on measures?
What is set? What is dynamic set?
How many ways we can join two sets?
Can we apply sets on dimensions?
Explain in details about clipboard feature in Tableau.
How to add the clipboard data to Tableau Data source?
What is the file format for Tableau Data source?
What is Filled map?
Explain in detail the process of mapping the new Location?
Brief about WMS Server?
What is TMS?
What is Hierarchy? How can we develop?
What is Pages feature in Tableau?
Can we change color & shape of dimensions and measures? How?
How to apply sort? How many ways we can apply sort feature in Tableau? Dynamic
What is Tableau Dashboard?
How many ways we can frame the worksheets in dashboards?
What is “USE AS” filter?
How can you export an image/ text box/ web page to dashboard?
How to publish a worksheet/s to server?
Can we give access to particular persons to view a single row? How?
What is Story Telling?
Can we apply actions on Story Telling?
What is Tableau Server?
List the Minimum requirements for installing the Tableau server.
What are the default background servers in Tableau?
What is the use of dataserver.exe and tdeserver.exe?
Explain about searchserver.exe and vizqlserver.exe.
How to set the permissions to different set of users?
Describe Server architecture.
How can we add the single user?
How to schedule a task?
Can we put sheet level permissions? How?
When export a worksheet into tableau server how to give a connection to database to run
that report in server?
What are the difference in roles between the interactor and viewer?
What are the levels of permissions we can set on users?
What is Site in Tableau server?
Can we use Sets and Groups in Calculated fields?