Tableau Dimensions Continuous or discrete fields The classification has an impact on what types of visualizations you can create as well as how they will look, t is easy to know if a field is being used as discrete or continuous based on its color. Blue indicates that a field is discrete, while green indicates that a field is continuous. he thought that blue represents dimensions and green represents measures is the most common myth in Tableau. It’s easy to understand why because, by default, dimensions are categorized as discrete variables, and thus have a small blue icon in front of them in the dimensions shelf. Measures are categorized as continuous variables, so they are prefaced with a green icon in the measures shelf. I assure you that the color-coding identifies discrete vs. continuous fields and not dimensions vs. measures. Measures can actually be used as discrete fields or continuous fields, and the same is true for some dimensions, such as dates. Use Continuou...