Pass the Tableau Tableau Desktop Specialist TDS-C01 Questions and answers with CertsForce

A URL action is a hyperlink that points to a web page, file, or other web-based resource outside of Tableau. You can use URL actions to create an email or link to additional information about your data. To customize links based on your data, you can automatically enter field values as parameters in URLs.

Read more in depth at : https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/actions_url.htm

You can drag the filter by clicking on the 2 lines on top, and then dragging the filter as shown:

Explanation

Pretty common question on the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam.

1) First, lets create Sheet 1. For this, drag sport to the Row shelf, and Weight to the Text mark in the Marks shelf. Change its aggregation to Average:

2) Now, for sheet 2 - Drag nationality to the view, and gold to the size mark in the Marks shelf.

NOTE: Depending on your version of Tableau , you may need to assign a Geographical role to the nationality column first as follows:

3) Now, let's create a dashboard, and use both these sheets in it:

4) Now, for the most Important step, use SHEET 2 AS A FILTER FOR SHEET 1 as follows:

Now simply click on Russia in Sheet 2, and Sheet 1 will automatically update as follows:

Explanation

Explanation

Phew! Tricky one! You needed to use filters in this one.

Follow along:

2) Next, as the question mentions, we need to focus on the Assortment PHONE, the color WHITE, and the state of NEW YORK. -> so we use filters for this!

i) First drag Assortment to Filters, and select only Phones :

ii) Next, drag Color to Filters and Choose only White:

iii) Next, drag State ID to Filters, and choose New York (NY):

And Voila! We have our answer as follows:

iv) Last, drag Sales to Label:

This is a tricky question often asked in the exam.

If we drag a new measure to the row shelf, the following happens:

We now have 2 rows, and the same 7 columns for both these rows. Therefore, 2x7 = 14 marks!

But if we drag the same measure to the column shelf, we have just 1 row and a chart created for each of the columns. So (1x7) = 7 marks!

Reference and notes: https://medium.com/@justindixon91/tableau-specialist-exam-notes-part-4-understanding-tableau-concepts-f78de83fdd35

From the official Tableau documentation:

As we can see below, Bar charts can be used as a floating object.

According to the official Tableau documentation:

Explanation

Yes! We get different color palettes. They are:

*From the official Tableau documentation*

To change the color for a value

1) Click on an item on the left, under Select Data Item.

2) Click a new color in the palette on the right. In Tableau Desktop you can hover over a swatch to identify the color.

3) Repeat for as many values that you want to change.

4) In Tableau Desktop, click OK to exit the Edit Colors dialog box. In Tableau Server or Tableau Online, simply close the dialog box.

AND

Explanation

As the question mentions, we need to create a SET with the following conditions -> Choose only those customers whose Sales > 30,000

1) Right click on customer name --> Create --> Set

2) Let's Name the Set - Customer>30k ( you can name it anything you want :) )

Select USE ALL, and then move to the CONDITION TAB:

3) In the Condition Tab, Choose BY FIELD -> Select Sales -> Sum -> Greater than 30000 , and click OK

4) You should now have a new Set in the Data Pane as follows:

5) Drag this set to the rows shelf, and click on SHOW MEMBERS IN SET. Now drag Sales to the Column Shelf.

6) Click on the Show Mark Labels, and Sort ascending icons as shown:

7) Voila! We have our answer:

c