Introducing LODs
Tableau’s default is to show measures in a view based on the dimensions also present in the view. If you have a dashboard with Sales data and dimensions like State and City, and you drag the State and Sales data onto the view, the Sales data will be divided by State, showing you Sales per State. If you want to divide the Sales data further into smaller chunks, you might add the City field, resulting in Sales data per City, per State. LODs can manipulate this default behavior.
After completing this chapter, you will be able to divide or partition measures by dimensions that are not in the view and show measures using fewer dimensions than are visible in the view.
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