Unraveling the Mystery of Tableau Level of Detail Expressions - Webinar Recording

By: Eric Parker

Eric Parker lives in Seattle and has been teaching Tableau and Alteryx since 2014. He's helped thousands of students solve their most pressing problems. If you have a question, feel free to reach out to him directly via email.

Level of Detail Expressions are one of the most powerful and least understood features in Tableau's calculation toolkit. Watch the below webinar recording to learn how they can be used to get more out of your Tableau workbooks.

The webinar covers 7 key ways they can be used:

• Creating Header Totals

• Calculating Cohorts

• Calculate Counts by Person (e.g. Visits per Patient)

• De-Duplicating Data

• Filtering on the Latest Date

• Creating a Value that Isn't Affected by Filters

• Create a Title Sheet that Can Output 3 Options; [Single Value], "Multiple Values Selected", "All Values Selected"

Here are links mentioned in the webinar.

• Unraveling the Mystery of Tableau Level of Detail Expressions – Tableau Workbook File

• Tableau’s Order of Operations

• When to use the EXCLUDE Function in Tableau

• Context Filters in Action

• Filtering on a Max Date

• Create  Percent of Total in Tableau That Isn’t Affected by Filters

• How to Create Dynamic Titles for Tableau Dashboards

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