Working with cubes
For the most part, Tableau's behavior is uniform across data sources. For example, the experience of working with an Access database and an Oracle database is very similar. Of course, different data sources will have their nuances but, in general, Tableau attempts to make working with different data sources a seamless experience. However, working with cubes (that is, multidimensional data sources) is quite different. Major differences include the inability to alias, create calculated fields on dimensions, create groups or hierarchies, change aggregation types, and generate extracts.
As of the time of writing, the central cube-related article is located at https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/cubes.htm.
The preceding article provides detailed information and is worth studying in detail if you work with cubes. Provided with the article are many links and examples on how to reproduce typical Tableau behavior when working in...
