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Combining fields to sort by more than one criteria - Tableau Tutorial
From the course: Tableau 10 Essential Training
Combining fields to sort by more than one criteria
- [Instructor] Sorting data using the value in a single field, such as state or city, is appropriate for most cases. However, you also might want to sort data using values from more than one field. In this movie, I will show you how to combine fields to sort using more than one criteria. My sample file is the Combine workbook, and you can find it in the Chapter06 folder of the Exercise Files collection. This workbook contains a text table. And it's organized by state and then city, and then by expense. What I'd like to do is combine the State and City fields so that they are one. To do that, I can go over to the Dimensions part of the Data tab, and then select the two fields I want to combine. So first, I'll click Property State, and then I'll hold down the Control key, and click Property City. Then I'll right-click either one of them. In this case, I'll go with State. Then I'll point to Create, and Combined Field. Doing so creates a new field, and you can see it here, Property City &…
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Sorting based on a field’s values4m 39s
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Combining fields to sort by more than one criteria2m 8s
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Creating a selection filter2m 58s
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Creating a wildcard filter3m 50s
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Creating a condition filter2m 53s
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Creating a top filter2m 46s
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Adding a Quick Filter to a worksheet2m 28s
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Editing, clearing, and deleting filters3m 36s
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Filtering data using parameters4m 21s
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Editing and deleting parameters1m 36s
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