Which mark type is used in a highlight table?

Question

Options

• AArea
• BSquare
• CPolygon
• DText

• B
  92% (36)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Square is correct because a highlight table in Tableau encodes measure values as color-filled squares arranged in a grid. Each cell is a colored square whose hue or intensity represents the underlying data, making it easy to spot high and low values at a glance.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• Area (A): Used for filled area/line charts - it traces a continuous region between a line and an axis, not a tabular cell.
• Polygon (C): Used for custom shape visualizations and filled map regions, not for table-based displays.
• Text (D): Text marks produce a standard crosstab that shows numeric labels in cells - no color fill, so it cannot visually "highlight" values the way a highlight table does.

Memory tip: Think of a highlight table as a heat map wearing a table's clothes - the heat comes from colored squares, so Square is the mark. If you remember "highlight = heat = colored squares," you won't confuse it with the plain Text mark used in an ordinary text table.

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