Dimensions & Measures – Simplest explanation you have ever heard

[kyusiv]

Simple, concise and to the point! Thanks

[TheBoxBox]

Thank you so much! Very simple, quick, and concise!

[sawravyadav]

But CustomerID is consider as dimension as it have no.s though it’s considered as dimension. So calling only number is not reasonable.

[satviksatvik]

Simple and to the point! Saved my time from unnecessary long videos! Thanks Man! :)

[praneshgaikwad]

Thank you so much 🙏 it's very simple to understand

[thomasnemeth]

You know... I've been wondering about this for like a really long time and I always suspected this but was super confused why nobody would just say it this way. Maybe this isn't accurate 100% of the time but, come on, this has GOT to be correct 99% of the time :) Thanks so much!

[raghavendrasrinivastelugu]

Thanks very much - in simple explanation.

[evapartments]

So wrong! All numbers aren't measures. Measures are things you want to MEASURE (find avg, median, trend line). Emp Number in the video is a Dimension. Since you don't want to take an average employee number, it's therefore a Dimension.

[Sallu]

Hi brother is there any other videos related to tableau from you. please share the link if it is, i have subscribed.

[RemotePossibilities]

Simplest explanation? Unfortunately, it’s *_over_* simplified, and quite misleading in 2 ways:
● Most importantly, employee number is a *_dimension, _* not a measure (as stated near 0:44). It wouldn’t be meaningful to aggregate employee number with SUM() or similar, as would be the case if it was a measure. (And if you open a data source containing a field called something like _Emp Number, _ Tableau’s smart enough to treat it as a dimension – these days at least; can’t speak for the version back in 2016.)
● Tableau uses blue and green to distinguish between discrete and continuous values (not between dimensions and measures). That becomes apparent when you right-click on a field and choose to convert between discrete and continuous – the colour changes to blue or green to match your choice.

[lucylucy]

What about all my data is number? ....no dimensions then?