Upon connecting to a CSV file, Tableau places the field "Customer Segment" in the Dimensions area rather than Measures. What property of this field leads Tableau to classify it as a dimension?
It has been assigned a continuous date role.
It contains categorical text that identifies but does not quantify each record.
It contains numeric values that Tableau sums by default.
It is a calculated field created in the data source.
Tableau automatically treats fields that contain qualitative or categorical information-such as customer segments, product names, or geographic regions-as dimensions. These fields describe and partition the data but do not provide numeric values for mathematical aggregation, so they are placed in the Dimensions area. Numeric fields that Tableau can aggregate (sum, average, etc.) are placed in Measures. A field's being calculated, having a date role, or simply containing many distinct values does not by itself dictate whether it is a dimension or measure.
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