Calculating Fields in Tableau
Calculating Fields in Tableau Learn how to create fields in Tableau with our step-by-step tutorial with examples, starting from simple to more complex. What are Tableau Calculated Fields? Calculated Fields are one of the most powerful features of Tableau . They provide a way to create new data from existing data. For example, let’s suppose we want to predict the price of an apartment in New York based on its characteristics, like the number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, and so on. It may be useful to how far away the apartment is from a subway station, but this information isn’t available directly from the dataset. Then, we need to derive it from existing fields, like the address. You can easily learn about this Tableau feature from our course. The creation of new variables or fields is very important when extracting insights from data.. Oftentimes, a dataset doesn’t contain all the necessary information to extract insights, but it’s possibl...