

Right-click (control-click on a Mac) a field in the Data pane and select Default Properties > Comment. Comments are especially useful when youĪre building a workbook for others to use. Field comments are a good way to give more context to The commentsĭisplay in a tooltip in the Data pane and in the Calculated fieldsĭialog box. See Data Aggregation in Tableau to learn about each type of aggregation.įields can have comments that describe them. On a shelf or the default aggregation in the Data pane, you can Whether you are specifying the aggregation for a field In the Aggregation list, select an aggregation. Pane and select Default Properties > Aggregation. Right-click (control-click on a Mac) any measure in the Data The default aggregation will be used automatically when the measure You can specify a default aggregation for any measure. Set the default aggregation for a measure The Default Properties menu includes default settings for aggregation, comments, number formatting, color, shape, and totals (based on the type of field). You can control these default settings by clicking the drop-down arrow on a field. The fields and their marks are displayed initially based on their default settings. When you drag fields to shelves, the data is representedĪs marks in the view.
