How To Keep Top 10 Sub-Category by Total Sales While Showing Percent of Total with Missing Data

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How To Keep Top 10 Sub-Category by Total Sales While Showing Percent of Total with Missing Data

Published: 06 Apr 2020
Last Modified Date: 08 Jul 2022

Question

Top 10 data shows more than 10 records when using RANK(TOTAL(SUM([Sales]))) filter due to missing data.
This occurs when using [Percent of Total] in Quick Table Calculation.

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Environment

Tableau Desktop

Answer

1. Create following calculation

[WINDOW_AVG]

WINDOW_AVG(TOTAL(SUM([Sales])))

[RANK]

RANK(WINDOW_AVG)

2. Drag [RANK] to [Filter]

3. Right click on [RANK] -> [Edit Table Calculation]

Set Nested Calculations as bellow
[RANK] : Table (down)
[WINDOW_AVG] : Table (across)

4. Right click on [RANK] -> [Edit Filter]

Set Range of Values as 1 ~ 10

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