How to write calculations clearly in Tableau: Desktop & Web authoring

Writing good calculations are a must once you start to build more and more complex logic statements or once you start working in a team and you want your colleagues to be able to understand your work. In this video, I show you some key things you can do to streamline how you write your calculations.

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Setting up
01:40 Get used to using comments in your calculations
3:36 Writing and testing calculations
5:05 Quickly test your calculation
9:31 Format your calculations
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[RemotePossibilities]

Fantastic tip at 5:01 about dragging a calculation to *Text* to instantly see the results! Love that. Thanks for sharing.

[JohnWRodat]

Tim: In the past couple of years, you've shown us a lot of valuable techniques. But using one-line, ad hoc calculations to test the building of complex calculations, all while documenting, is at or close to the top. It's a true gem. Thanks much!