It isn't enough just to make data look beautiful; we know that we can do it with Tableau. The data has to be accurate as well in terms of the business rules of an organization.

Calculations make things easier for the business user. The idea of "intelligent laziness" is often ascribed to Napoleon Bonaparte. The core idea is that people put effort where it is most needed rather than wasting time and resources. Calculations can help you in many ways, such as removing the implementation of repeatable calculations through automation. They also allow you to implement your business calculations so that they are consistently used in your dashboards.