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FIXED LOD Examples

  Customer Order Frequency { FIXED [Customer Name] : COUNTD([Order ID]) } // For each customer, count the unique number of orders { FIXED [Customer Name], [Region] : COUNTD([Order ID]) } // For each customer and region, count the unique number of orders { FIXED [Customer Name], [Region] , [Product Category] : COUNTD([Order ID]) } // For each customer, region and product category, count the unique number of orders Regions per Product { FIXED [Product Name] : COUNTD)[Region]) } // For each product, count the unique number of regions { FIXED []Product Name], DATETRUNC('year', [Order Date]), DATETRUNC('quarter', [Order Date]) : COUNTD([Region]) } // For each product, year and quarter, count the unique number of regions First Order Date per Customer { FIXED [Customer Name] : MIN([Order Date]) } // For each customer, calculate the minimum order date { FIXED [Customer Name], [Region] : MIN([Order Date]) } // For each customer and region, calculate the minimum order date

Tableau Whitepaper: Understanding LOD Expressions

https://www.tableau.com/learn/whitepapers/understanding-lod-expressions   Download the PDF

Tableau v9 Level of Detail Calculations

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BnSF6i4MW0E?rel=0&showinfo=0&color=white  

LOD Book References

 Mastering Tableau 2021, Chapter 7, Level of Detail Calculations Tableau Desktop Cookbook, Chapter 17, Level-of-Detail Calculations  

Include Level of Detail Calculation: Tableau Functions

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tutQ9c3lw4

Exclude Level of Detail Calculation: Tableau Functions

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntCaHCsqUc

Fixed Level of Detail Calculation: Tableau Functions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ntCaHCsqUc  

Tableau Fundamentals: An Introduction to Level of Detail Expressions

  https://playfairdata.com/tableau-fundamentals-an-introduction-to-level-of-detail-expressions/ See also: Practical Tableau, Chapter 16 An Introduction to Tableau Level of Detail Expressions

How to do Dynamic Date Selections in Tableau

https://playfairdata.com/how-to-do-dynamic-date-selections-in-tableau/

Text Wrapping for Long Strings in Text Tables

  https://kb.tableau.com/articles/howto/text-wrapping-for-long-strings-in-text-tables

The IF, THEN, ELSE, ELSEIF, IFNULL, IIF, AND & OR functions in Tableau

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xdx28ycFI

The Key to Dynamic Parameters & Some Good Use Cases

https://www.flerlagetwins.com/2020/02/the-key-to-dynamic-parameters-some-good.html  

5 Reasons to Use a Calendar Table (Date Dimension) in Tableau

https://www.flerlagetwins.com/2021/09/calendar-table.html  

How to Make an Expanding Donut Chart in Tableau

https://playfairdata.com/how-to-make-an-expanding-donut-chart-in-tableau/  

Tableau 2020.2: The new data model and relationships

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zvHrnuPr0

Tableau Tim BLOG

https://www.tableautim.com/blogs  

The Information Lab BLOG

https://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/  

Joins and Unions by Diego Parker

https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/diego-parker/joins-and-unions  

The Data School BLOG

https://www.thedataschool.co.uk/blog  

Generate Rows in Tableau Prep : New in tableau 2021.3

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJ4LtlS2gU

Tableau Prep Parameters: New in Tableau 2021.4 (10:04)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1unEg5skU3E

Column reordering enhancements for Prep - New in Tableau 2022.2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf3h5BXiGs  

Connect to multiple Excel and CSV files in Prep - New in Tableau 2022.2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pSwgL7Ci3k  

How to setup Tableau Bridge for static files with Tableau Online

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBYDknMgTIk

Publishing data sources to Tableau Server & Tableau Cloud: Tableau Tutorial for Beginners:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdymIRSWfuI

How to create a TDS & TDSX file in Tableau: Saving a data source: Tableau File Types Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8oMeay87jM  

Tableau 2020.2: Incremental refresh in Tableau Prep Builder

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnmiKdXqG_0

Tableau Prep Builder: Unions & Joins (Part 7 of 7)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7tTlG2mfxc

Tableau Prep Builder: Pivot / Transformations (Part 6 of 7)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNQQqEHfg4

Tableau Prep Builder: Aggregations (Part 5 of 7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgmXiRk7yY0

Tableau Prep Builder: Formulas and Calculations (Part 4 of 7)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvjXFzTrVmI

Tableau Prep Builder: Cleaning / Cleansing data (Part 3 of 7)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA5nvQXGXK4

Tableau Prep Builder: The Interface and philosophy (Part 2 of 7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm4TGlkns8A  

Tableau Prep Builder: Connecting to files (Part 1 of 7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9h4vX7SLSk

What is Tableau Prep? Explained in under 10 mins!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tpgs5hCr2o  

Tableau Prep - 10 Features You Should Know for Cleaning Data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzVThI7Ydss  

Tableau Prep Notes

Starting with version 2019.3, Tableau Prep Builder can connect to data sources published to Tableau Server and Tableau Online. The Data Management add-on, a separate license, must be enabled on Tableau Server and Tableau Online. Use Data Interpreter on Excel files