Take a look at a few other examples of what happens when you add additional dimensions. For example, if you check Quarter of Order Date, you'll see Tableau highlight a partition defined by Region and Year of Order Date with Index incrementing by the addressing fields of Quarter of Order Date and then Department:
If you were to select Department and Year of Order Date as the addressing of Index, you'd see a single partition defined by Region and Quarter, as shown:
You'll notice in the preceding view that index increments for every combination of Year and Department within the partition of Quarter and Region.
There are a few other things to consider when working with addressing and partitioning, such as:
- You can specify the sort order. For example, if you want index to increment according to the value of the sum of
Sales, you can use the drop-down at the bottom of theTable Calculationeditor to define aCustom Sort. - The
At the Leveloption in the edit table...