Shelves Ask Different Questions
Choose Rows, Columns, Marks, and Filters based on what each shelf changes in the view.
Rows/Columns structure; Marks encode; Filters exclude. The mechanism A worksheet is not a blank canvas; it is a set of query controls. Rows and Columns define the structure of the view: headers, axes, panes, and the basic mark layout. The Marks card changes how each mark is encoded: color, size, label, detail, tooltip, and shape. Filters remove or include data before the view is drawn. The reason this distinction works is that Tableau builds marks from the intersection of fields in the view. Putting Segment on Color keeps the same structural question but encodes segment differences. Putting Segment on Rows…
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