Making sense out of Superstore Dataset

tableaucommunity@tableau.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:00:27 GMT

Hello, I am working with the Superstore dataset. I am having a difficult time making sense out of the data for both the Superstore excel spreadsheet and the superstore extract provided. Here is an example of a particular data record:

Order ID: 87463

Item: Fellowes Mobile Numeric Keypad, Graphite

Discount: 8.00%

Product Base Margin: 66.00%

Profit: $280

Order Quantity: 3

Sales: $131

Shipping Cost: $17

Unit Price: $43

It is difficult to make sense of the financial data. For instance, for is profit calculated here? It does not appear to be able to be determined from the sales and other information.

Also, are the profit, sales, etc listed per item for are for all 3 items in total?

I would appreciate your insight. Best regards.

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