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Add a secondary table calculation

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- [Instructor] In the previous movie, I showed you how to create running total and running average table calculations, among others. In this movie, I'll show you how to extend that analysis, by adding a secondary calculation to your tables. As my sample file, I will use the secondary workbook. You can find that in the chapter seven folder of the exercise files collection. This visualization contains a table. And on it I have monthly order total data, four or five different product categories. I'd like to go from the basic data to a moving average, and then add a secondary table calculation on top of that. I'll start by going to the Marks card and hovering over the Order Total pill. Click it's down arrow, and I'll click Add Table Calculation. Doing so displays the table calculation dialog box. From here, I can select the calculation type. I'll make it a moving average. So I'll click the Calculation Type down arrow, and click Moving Calculation. A moving calculation is different from a…

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