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4 ways you can compute the percent of total in Tableau


four ways you can compute the percent of total in tableau

Percentages are ratio numbers – whereby the numerator is the value of a given mark while the denominator is the number to which you compare all your calculations, by default this number (the denominator) is based on the entire table in Tableau.

Therefore, in this class we’re going to learn four different ways you can compute percent of total.

But before that, lets build the table which we’re going to apply percent of total on - by.

Dragging Sub-category to the rows shelf and Sales to the text/label shelf.

See the resulting view.

1. Using Quick Table Calculation Option

The first way to add percent of total is by selecting ‘Percent of Total’ option under the quick table calculation.

adding quick table calculation percent of total

Executing this results to.

Note, this could also be written as a calculated field as follows.

percent of total syntax

Adding this calculation to the view and formatting it, leads to the same results.

2. Using EXCLUDE LOD

We can also compute the percent of total by excluding the dimension ‘Sub-category’ while computing the denominator using the formula below.

using EXCLUDE LOD to compute percent of total in Tableau

Adding this calculation to the view and formatting it, leads to the same results.

3. Using FIXED LOD

We can also compute the percent of total using the FIXED LOD as follows.

Using FIXED LOD to compute percent of total in Tableau

Adding this calculation to the view and formatting it, leads to the same results as shown below.

4. Using WINDOWS_SUM

We can also compute the percent of total using WINDOWS_SUM as follows.

Using WINDOWS_SUM to compute percent of total in Tableau

Adding this calculation to the view and formatting it, leads to the same results as shown below.

four ways you can compute percent of total in tableau

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Bernard is a data analytics consultant helping businesses reveal the true power of their data and bring clarity to their reporting dashboards. He loves building things and sharing knowledge on how to build dashboards that drive better outcomes.

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