skills/tableau-workbook-authoring/resources/examples/column-instance-naming.json

{
  "_description": "Column instance naming conventions for rows, cols, and datasource-dependencies",
  "_feature": "worksheet,encoding",
  "naming_pattern": "[derivation:FieldName:typePivot]",
  "derivation_values": {
    "None": "No aggregation (dimensions)",
    "Sum": "SUM aggregation",
    "Avg": "AVERAGE aggregation",
    "Min": "MIN aggregation",
    "Max": "MAX aggregation",
    "Count": "COUNT aggregation",
    "CountD": "COUNTD aggregation",
    "Median": "MEDIAN aggregation",
    "Attr": "ATTR aggregation",
    "Stdev": "Standard deviation",
    "Var": "Variance",
    "Year": "YEAR date part",
    "Quarter": "QUARTER date part",
    "Month": "MONTH date part",
    "Day": "DAY date part",
    "Week": "WEEK date part",
    "TruncYear": "Date truncated to year",
    "TruncQuarter": "Date truncated to quarter",
    "TruncMonth": "Date truncated to month",
    "TruncDay": "Date truncated to day"
  },
  "type_pivot_values": {
    "nk": "nominal-key (discrete dimension)",
    "qk": "quantitative-key (continuous measure)",
    "ok": "ordinal-key (ordered discrete)",
    "nq": "nominal-quantitative (discrete measure — rare)"
  },
  "examples": {
    "discrete_dimension": {
      "column": "[Category]",
      "instance_name": "[none:Category:nk]",
      "derivation": "None",
      "type": "nominal",
      "pivot": "key"
    },
    "sum_measure": {
      "column": "[Sales]",
      "instance_name": "[sum:Sales:qk]",
      "derivation": "Sum",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "pivot": "key"
    },
    "year_date": {
      "column": "[Order Date]",
      "instance_name": "[yr:Order Date:ok]",
      "derivation": "Year",
      "type": "ordinal",
      "pivot": "key"
    },
    "truncated_month": {
      "column": "[Order Date]",
      "instance_name": "[tmo:Order Date:qk]",
      "derivation": "TruncMonth",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "pivot": "key"
    },
    "count_distinct": {
      "column": "[Customer ID]",
      "instance_name": "[ctd:Customer ID:qk]",
      "derivation": "CountD",
      "type": "quantitative",
      "pivot": "key"
    }
  },
  "rows_cols_usage": "[datasourceId].[column-instance-name] — e.g. [federated.XXXX].[sum:Sales:qk]"
}