tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248043124025283718.post6322784566579790607..comments2024-03-07T00:57:28.278-05:00Comments on Tableau Friction: Unexpected Number ReformattingChris Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598731155784487000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248043124025283718.post-79378793275296851942012-09-01T15:52:34.654-04:002012-09-01T15:52:34.654-04:00But I didn't do anything with any pills. I onl...But I didn't do anything with any pills. I only drop measures into the worksheet. Tableau handles the pill placement and configuration, and in doing so applies an inappropriate number format to the fields I'm interested in.<br /><br />I can see where this behavior seems reasonable from the perspective of whomever was tasked with programming it, but it's certainly not reasonable from the person who's simply trying to use Tableau to make sense of their data.<br /><br />Tableau should always -always- respect the most appropriate presentation for the data it's showing. When the data coming in is integers, Tableau should not apply a decimal digit format to simple aggregations, and it's debatable whether doing so with ratios is a good or bad idea.<br /><br />Chris Gerrardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598731155784487000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248043124025283718.post-42901733546835692012-09-01T15:22:08.506-04:002012-09-01T15:22:08.506-04:00What you are leaving out, is that you changed from...What you are leaving out, is that you changed from a normal continuous aggregate pill on the Text shelf to the Measure Values pill on the Text shelf.<br /><br />These pill arrangements have different default logic, as you can see.<br /><br />So I hear you asking for the default logic to be consistent instead of jarring different. They got it right with one, but wrong with another.Joe Makohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643500270169278424noreply@blogger.com