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I am new to Tableau, in my simple example below

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It shows sales by year and quarter, and also a running total for each year. I know how to create running total. My question is how to create the labels (Sales Total, Running Total)?

The example is from here: It's a simple illustration without step by step guide.

http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/online/windows/en-us/help.htm#calculations_tablecalculations_definebasic_runningtotal.html%3FTocPath%3DAdvanced%2520Analysis%7CCalculations%7CTable%2520Calculations%7CDefining%2520Basic%2520Table%2520Calculations%7C_____6

I tried to add Measure Names to Rows and only got this. The label displays 'No Measure value'. But if I add Measure Values to Marks, it shows all measures with labels but not the running total.

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hmm.. Try clicking on show me then choose Text tables (The first chart )vhadalgi

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The problem is that you have your measures on the text shelf, instead of measure values. So Measure Names shows "No Measure Value".

First step, try to reproduce the following: enter image description here

Then you can provide an alias for each measure name (such as by right clicking on the long names and choosing "Edit Alias") to make the measure names more readable like: enter image description here