Your dataset includes a two-letter ISO country code field such as "US" or "FR". To plot the data on a map without supplying latitude and longitude columns, which action must you perform on that field before building the view?
Assign it the Geographic Role of Country/Region
Convert it to a discrete measure
Change its data type to String so Tableau maps the values automatically
Tableau can automatically generate latitude and longitude when a field is identified as geographic. Assigning the field the Geographic Role of Country/Region links each code to Tableau's built-in geocoding, so a single double-click will produce a map. Converting the field to a measure, grouping the values, or merely keeping it as a string will not trigger Tableau's geocoding, and no map marks will appear.
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