TDA-C01 Questions and Answers

To replace the existing data source with the Netflix_2019 data source, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that contains the Movie Durations worksheet.
• Click on the Movie Durations tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the worksheet. You will see a bar chart that shows the number of movies by duration for the existing data source.
• Go to the Data Source tab at the bottom of the workbook to see the data source page. You will see a table that shows the fields and values from the existing data source.
• Click on the drop-down arrow next to the data source name at the top of the page and select Replace Data Source from the menu. This will open a dialog box that allows you to replace your data source with another one.
• Select Netflix_2019 from the list of available data sources and click OK. This will replace your existing data source with the Netflix_2019 data source and update your worksheet accordingly. You may need to fix any broken fields or calculations that result from the replacement.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datasource_replace.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/datasource_replace_workbook.htm

To modify the chart to show only min and max values of both measures in each region, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that contains the Line worksheet.
• Click on the Line tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the worksheet. You will see a line chart that shows the sales and profit for each month by region.
• Drag Month from the Columns shelf to Filters shelf. This will open a dialog box that allows you to filter by different criteria.
• Select Range of Dates from the dialog box. This will show you options to filter by a range of dates or values.
• Select Minimum and Maximum from the drop-down list next to Month. This will filter by the minimum and maximum values of Month for each region. You can also enter specific values or use the sliders to adjust the range.
• Click OK to apply the filter. You will see that the line chart now shows only min and max values of both measures in each region.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering_range.htm

To create a histogram on the Quantity field by using bin size of 3, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that uses the Superstore data source.
• Click on the Histogram tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the Histogram worksheet. You will see a blank worksheet with no marks.
• Right-click on Quantity in the Measures pane and select Create Bins from the menu. This will open a dialog box that allows you to create bins for the Quantity field. Bins are groups of values that are treated as one unit in a histogram.
• Enter 3 in the Size of bins text box. This will set the bin size to 3, which means that each bin will contain values that are 3 units apart. For example, one bin will contain values from 0 to 2, another bin will contain values from 3 to 5, and so on.
• Click OK to create the bins. You will see a new field named Quantity (bin) in the Measures pane with a # sign next to it.
• Drag Quantity (bin) from the Measures pane to Columns on the worksheet. This will create a histogram that shows the distribution of Quantity by bins. You will see bars that represent the frequency or count of values in each bin.
• Optionally, you can adjust the width, color, and labels of the bars by using the options on the Marks card. You can also add filters, tooltips, or annotations to enhance your histogram.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/histograms.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_bins.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/buildmanual_histograms.htm

To add the Sales by State sheet in a Show/Hide button to the right side of the dashboard, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that contains the sales dashboard.
• Click on the sales dashboard tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the dashboard. You will see a dashboard that shows various charts and filters related to sales data.
• Drag Sales by State from the Sheets pane to the right side of the dashboard. This will add the sheet as a floating element on the dashboard. You can resize and position it as you like.
• Right-click on Sales by State and select Add Show/Hide Button from the menu. This will add a button that allows you to show or hide the sheet on the dashboard. You can customize the appearance and behavior of the button by clicking on it and using the options on the Marks card.
• Optionally, you can drag a vertical layout container from the Objects pane to the right side of the dashboard and place Sales by State and its button inside it. This will help you organize your dashboard elements and align them neatly.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dashboards.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dashboards_showhide.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dashboards_create_layouts.htm

To create a filled map to show the distribution of total Sales by State across the United States, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that uses the Superstore data source.
• Click on the Map tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the Map worksheet. You will see a blank worksheet with no marks.
• Drag State from the Dimensions pane to Detail on the Marks card. This will create a map that shows each state as a mark. You may need to zoom in or out to see the whole map.
• Drag Sales from the Measures pane to Color on the Marks card. This will create a filled map that shows the distribution of total Sales by State across the United States. The color legend will show you the range of values and colors for Sales.
• Optionally, you can adjust the color scheme, transparency, size, and borders of the marks by clicking on the Color menu on the Marks card. You can also add labels, tooltips, or filters to enhance your map.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/maps.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/maps_howto_filled.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/marks_markproperties_color.htm

To combine two sets, they must have at least one dimension in common. In this case, Customers of 2020 and Top N Customers both have Customer Name as a dimension, so they can be combined using set operations such as union, intersection, or difference. Sellers of 2020 and Top N Products have different dimensions (Seller Name and Product Name), so they cannot be combined. References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sets.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sets_create.htm#combine-sets

In Tableau, sets can be combined if they are created from the same dimension. From the options provided, "Customers of 2020" and "Top N Customers" are likely created from the same dimension (Customers). Therefore, these two sets can be combined to create a new set that includes or excludes members based on the combined criteria. Combining sets like "Top N Products" with "Customers of 2020" would not be feasible unless they are from the same dimension, which is typically not the case.

The correct Level of Detail (LOD) expression to calculate the grand total of sales across all regions would be {SUM(Sales)}. The FIXED expression is not needed here because we are not computing the sum at the level of each region, but rather the total sum across all regions. The FIXED keyword is typically used to aggregate at a certain level regardless of the view.

https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/functions_functions_tablecalculation.htm#TOTAL

To connect a Tableau workbook to a dataset in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, you need to select New Data Source from the Data menu. This will open the Connect pane, where you can choose Microsoft Excel as your data source and browse for your spreadsheet file. You can then drag and drop your sheets or tables to join or union them in the data source page. References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/connect_basic.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/connect_excel.htm

When connecting to a dataset in Tableau Desktop, you would go to the 'Data' menu and select 'New Data Source'. This allows you to connect to various types of data sources, including Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, where you can then select the specific file you wish to connect to.

To show the corresponding region when users hover their mouse over any of the bars, you need to drag Region to Tooltip on the Marks card. This will add Region as a field in the tooltip text that appears when users hover over a mark. You can also customize the tooltip text by editing it in the Tooltip dialog box. References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/buildmanual_shelves.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/formatting_tooltips.htm

To show additional information such as the corresponding region when hovering over a bar in Tableau, you can drag the 'Region' field to the 'Tooltip' shelf on the 'Marks' card. This will ensure that when a user hovers over a bar representing a city, the tooltip will dynamically display the region associated with that city.

The box plot visualization displays the distribution of average profits by region. The distribution of profits is represented by the range of the box (interquartile range) and the whiskers (which often represent the total range excluding outliers). From the image provided, the South region has the smallest visible range within its box and the shortest whiskers, indicating the smallest distribution of average profits among the choices provided.

1) Open Tableau prep

2) Create a new column ...

3) Union the sales ...

4) Join the sales ...

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_get_started.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_union.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_clean.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/prep/en-us/prep_join.htm

Based on the line chart provided, each point on the line chart represents the average sales for a given month, and the percentage values indicate the change in average sales compared to the previous month. The month of November shows a significant increase from the month of October, indicated by a large upward spike on the chart and a high percentage increase.

To ensure that the data is updated every hour, you need to select Extract Refreshes from the data source menu on Tableau Server. This will allow you to add a new extract refresh schedule or edit an existing one. You can specify the frequency and time of the refresh, as well as any custom options or credentials. New will create a new data source, Connected Workbooks will show you which workbooks use this data source, and Connections will show you which tables or files are connected to this data source. References: https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/refresh_extracts.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-us/refresh_extracts_add.htm

To ensure that the data is updated every hour on Tableau Server, you would need to go to the "Extract Refreshes" option. Here, you can schedule the data extracts to refresh at the desired frequency, which in this case would be every hour.

In Tableau dashboards, floating elements are those that can be freely moved over the dashboard canvas without being snapped into the tiled layout. The floating elements are often indicated by their standalone frames and the ability to overlap with other dashboard items. From the provided image, the state filter and the Rate of Obesity chart can be identified as floating if they can be moved independently of the tiled grid layout that constrains other elements.

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References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dates.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/dates_continuous.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/formatting.htm

To ensure the dates are shown in a continuous axis, you should convert the date to a continuous field. This will display the months in a sequence without any breaks, which is needed for showing a trend over time like the cumulative sum of sales.

In Tableau, to replace a sheet on a dashboard, you can simply drag the desired sheet (Sheet2 in this case) from the sheets list onto the dashboard where the current sheet (Sheet3) is. This will replace the existing visualization with the new one.

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There are different ways to prepare the data in Tableau Prep, but one possible answer is:

Answer area:

• Join the tables.
• Aggregate the data by Sales Team.
• Add the following filter to the Employees table: Sale Team - Team Alpha.

 To analyze sales trends over time for every sales team, you need to combine the data from the Orders and Employees tables. You can do this by joining the tables on the Rep ID column, which is a common identifier for both tables. This will create a single table with all the columns from both tables. Next, you need to aggregate the data by Sales Team, which is the level of analysis you want. You can do this by grouping the data by the Sales Team column and applying an aggregation function (such as sum, average, count, etc.) to the other columns that you want to measure (such as Total Amount, Rep Tenure, etc.). This will create a summary table with one row for each sales team and the aggregated values for the other columns. Finally, you need to filter the data to focus on a specific sales team, such as Team Alpha. You can do this by adding a filter to the Employees table and selecting only the rows where Sales Team equals Team Alpha. This will remove the rows for other sales teams and keep only the data for Team Alpha.

References:

• [Tableau Certified Data Analyst Exam Prep Guide], page 9, section “Preparing Data”
• [Tableau Help: Join Your Data]
• [Tableau Help: Aggregate Your Data]
• [Tableau Help: Filter Your Data]

Select

Where

The correct way to complete the query is:

SELECT * FROM [dbo] . [Students]

WHERE [Students].[City] = ‘Berlin’

The SELECT statement is used to retrieve data from a table or a view. The * symbol means that all columns will be returned. The FROM clause specifies the table or view name and the schema name.

The WHERE clause is used to filter the data based on a condition. The condition is [Students].[City] = ‘Berlin’, which means that only rows where the City column of the Students table is equal to ‘Berlin’ will be returned.

The other options are not relevant for this query. CAST is a function that converts a value from one data type to another. JOIN is a clause that combines data from two or more tables based on a common field. ON is a keyword that specifies the join condition. UNION is a set operation that combines the results of two or more queries into one result set.

References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/queries/select-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/queries/where-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/cast-and-convert-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/queries/from-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15#join https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-elements/set-operators-union-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

To ensure that the extract also refreshes on the last day of the month at 18:00, you need to add a new extract refresh task to the workbook on Tableau Server. You can do this by selecting the workbook, selecting Refresh Extracts, and then choosing Schedule a Refresh. You can then select an existing schedule that matches your desired frequency and time, or create a new schedule with a custom frequency and time. This will add a new extract refresh task to the workbook, in addition to the existing one that refreshes every Monday at 10:00. You can also modify or delete the extract refresh tasks as needed. References:

• Tableau Certified Data Analyst Exam Prep Guide, page 10, section “Publishing and Scheduling Data Refreshes”
• Tableau Help: Refresh Data on a Schedule
• Tableau Help: Manage Refresh Tasks

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To calculate the month to date value of the prior year, you need to filter the order date to be between the first day of the same month of the previous year and the same day of the previous year. You can use the calculated fields [Calc1] and [Calc2] to get these dates. [Calc1] returns the date that is one year before today, and [Calc2] returns the date that is the first day of the month of [Calc1]. By using these fields in the filter condition, you can get the desired result.

References:

• Finding the Month-to-Date Values for the Prior Year
• [DATEADD Function]
• [DATETRUNC Function]

To use the City dimension to create a dynamic filter that shows the cities that have a population greater than one million, you should use a condition filter. A condition filter is a type of filter that shows only the values that meet a specified condition based on a measure or a calculation. You can create a condition filter by dragging a dimension to the Filters shelf and selecting Condition from the dialog box. Then you can enter a formula or choose an option that defines your condition.

In this case, you want to create a condition filter based on Population, which is a measure. You can drag City to the Filters shelf and select Condition from the dialog box. Then you can choose By field from the tab and select Population > Sum > Greater than > 1000000 from the drop-down lists. This will create a condition filter that shows only the cities that have a sum of population greater than one million.

The other options are not correct for this scenario. A general filter is not a specific type of filter, but a term that refers to any type of filter in Tableau. A wildcard filter is a type of filter that shows only the values that match a specified pattern or string, such as “New*” or “*ton”. A top filter is a type of filter that shows only the top or bottom N values of a measure or dimension based on a ranking or an aggregation. References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering_condition.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering_wildcard.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering_topn.htm

To filter the table to show the members of the Top10 set and the Bottom10 set, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that contains the Disciplines worksheet.
• Click on the Disciplines tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the worksheet. You will see a table that shows the disciplines, sales, and profit for each salesperson.
• Click on the drop-down arrow next to Salesperson on the Filters shelf. This will open a menu that allows you to filter by different criteria.
• Select Set from the menu. This will show you the sets that are available for the Salesperson field. You will see Top10 and Bottom10 as two sets that have been created based on the sales ranking.
• Check the boxes next to Top10 and Bottom10. This will filter the table to show only the members of these two sets. You can also click on All to deselect all other values.
• Click OK to apply the filter. You will see that the table now shows 20 rows, 10 for each set.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/sets.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/filtering.htm

To add a distribution band on Profit to show the standard deviation from -1 to 1, you need to do the following steps:

• Open the link to Book1 found on the desktop. This will open the Tableau workbook that contains the SalesVSProfit worksheet.
• Click on the SalesVSProfit tab at the bottom of the workbook to open the worksheet. You will see a scatter plot that shows the relationship between Sales and Profit for each Sub-Category.
• Click on the Analytics tab on the left side of the workbook to open the Analytics pane. You will see a list of analytical objects that you can drag and drop onto your worksheet.
• Drag Distribution Band from the Analytics pane to Profit on the Rows shelf. This will add a distribution band on Profit that shows the average and confidence interval for each Sub-Category.
• Click on the Edit button on the distribution band to open the Edit Distribution Band dialog box. You will see options to customize your distribution band.
• Change the Band From value to -1 and the Band To value to 1. This will change the distribution band to show the standard deviation from -1 to 1, which means one standard deviation below and above the average.
• Click OK to apply the changes. You will see that the distribution band now shows a narrower range of values for Profit.

References: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/analytics.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/analytics_distributionband.htm https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/analytics_distributionband_edit.htm