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Tableau Tip #3 – Data Pane Field Search Filters
This one is from the “It was right under my nose all along!” file. Did you know you can filter to view only certain kinds of fields in the Data Pane of #Tableau? Here are the special searches you can...
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Tableau Tip #4 – Quickly Search for Fields
Searching for Fields. If you want to search for a field, and don’t want to drag your mouse all the way to the upper left search field, you can hold down the Ctrl key (or command on a Mac) and hit ‘f’...
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Tableau Tip #5 – Use Parameters to Show and Hide Filters
Use a Tableau parameter to show and hide filters, No “Blank” cover-up. 1. Create a “spacer” sheet that expands when parameter = “show”. 2. Make the container x position equal to -150. This approach...
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Tableau Tip #6 – Get the Original Data File from a Tableau .twbx File
Let’s say someone sent you a Tableau .twbx file, and you want to get the original data file from it. To do this, you first you need to unpack the file. In File Explorer, go to the folder that contains...
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Tableau Tip #7 – Secrets from the lost Tableau manual: Tableau aliases are...
Here is a little trick most Tableau users do not know. Whenever you alias a measure in Tableau, those aliases are tracked in the Measure Names field in the Data Pane. Better yet, you can use the Data...
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Tableau Tip #8 – More Secrets from the lost Tableau manual: Navigate and...
Options for navigating, viewing, and organizing sheets You can navigate and organize sheets in a workbook using the sheet tabs, the filmstrips, or the sheet sorter. There are three ways to navigate...
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Tableau Tip #9 – Drag Portions of Calculations
Lindsey Poulter (@datavizlinds) used a great technique in #IronViz 2019 that a lot of people saw for the first time. Did you know that you can ALSO drag a selected portion of a #Tableau calc WITHIN...
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Tableau Tip #10 – Custom Numeric Formatting Calculation
Vince Baumel on Feb 4, 2022: Hey #datafam, want to see another cool #TinyTableauTip? Here’s a single calc solution for converting a numeric string field (that may or may not end in K, M, or B) into a...
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Tableau Tip #11 – MORE SECRETS FROM THE LOST TABLEAU MANUAL: FIVE HIDDEN...
Here is a little trick from my friend, Prasann Prem (He actually posted this on LinkedIn yesterday). Did you know there are Hidden Functions in Tableau that can make your life easier? Who knew! Here...
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Tableau Tip #12 – MORE SECRETS FROM THE LOST TABLEAU MANUAL: FIVE MORE HIDDEN...
Here are 5 more hidden functions for you to use. CURRENT_TIME() – Returns the current time, without the date part. Example:CURRENT_TIME() = 11:22:53 AM ISNOTDISTINCT() – Checks if two expressions are...
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