True or False: Bins can be created on dimensions

True or False: Bins can be created on dimensions
A . False
B . True

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Bin are a user-defined grouping of numerical data in the data source.

According to the official Tableau documentation: It’s sometimes useful to convert a continuous measure (or a numeric dimension) into bins.

Have a look at the following image.

When we right click a measure, we get the following options:

However, for a dimension (this is because the DATA TYPE of this dimension is a string:

But what if we have a dimension of type NUMBER (NUMERIC DIMENSION)? See below:

We can clearly create bins from dimensions too – they just have to be numeric 🙂

For more information, please refer to: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/calculations_bins.htm