Data Blending in Tableau: How it Works and When You Need it

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Description:

Data blending is a great tool to have in your Tableau arsenal, but it has its quirks. It's one of the oldest forms of data preparation in the product. There are a lot of unique properties to the data blending feature which are important to understand if you're going to use this method to prepare your data for Tableau.

Check out this video to learn why blending does what it does and how you can master it!
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0:00 Introduction
1:51 What is data blending?
3:15 Why use data blending?
4:28 What happens in a data blend?
9:55 Does it matter which table is left or right?
17:22 Custom Relationships
19:02 How does a blend differ from a join?
22:19 Secondary Data Sources are Aggregated
24:05 Blending Restrictions
24:46 Outro