How to switch the default aggregation of a measure value in Tableau?

In Tableau measure values are aggregated automatically by the SUM() function but what if we need another default aggregation function? You can change it quite easily.

Just do a right click on a measure value you chosed, then go to Default Properties and and last go to Aggregation and there you are!

Author:
Benjamin Wortmann
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