The steps to hide an unselected sheet are:
- Select Dashboard > Actions.
- Click the Add Action button, and select Filter.
- Under Run action on, click Select.
- Choose Map for the source sheet and sheet the sheet (s) you want to hide for the target sheet.
- Under 'clearing the section will', select Exclude all values.
Filter all worksheets on a dashboard (Tableau Desktop only)
- In a dashboard, click the drop-down menu on a filter card and select Apply to Worksheets > Selected worksheets.
- In the Apply Filter to Worksheets dialog box, click All on dashboard, and then click OK.
Change your default view
- Click View in the toolbar, and then click Manage in the lower right corner of the Custom Views dialog box.
- Click next to the custom view name to make the view the default view. The icon changes to to indicate that the view is now the default.
- Click Done.
Create a Sheet Selection Menu for a Dashboard
- Enter a name that will appear appear above the menu, like Select a View.
- For Data type, select String.
- For Allowable values, select List.
- Under List of values, type All for the first value, and then add values with the name of each view in the dashboard.
To activate the toggle button, add a “Change Parameter” dashboard action by navigating to Dashboard > Actions and clicking the Add Action button. In the options that appear, choose the toggle sheet as the source of the action, target the Toggle parameter, and overwrite it with the Toggle Button calculated field.
A parameter is a workbook variable such as a number, date, or string that can replace a constant value in a calculation, filter, or reference line. You can make your parameters more dynamic and interactive by using them in Parameter Actions.
Swapping sheets
- Create two (or more) sheets. One of the two sheets need to include the parameter(s) we would like to hide.
- Create a parameter to swap the sheets. Create a parameter called “View complete map or Top/bottom map”.
- Show parameter control.
- Use the parameter in a calculated field.
On the Data menu, select a data source, and then select Edit Data Source. On the data source page, make the changes to the data source.
Create a Data Source or Add a New Connection with Clipboard Data
- Select the data you want and copy it to the clipboard.
- Open Tableau Desktop and do one of the following: On the data source page, select Data > Paste Data as Connection or Paste Data as Data Source.
- Select File > Save to save the data source.
In Tableau Desktop, right click on the data source in the Data Pane and select Edit Data Source. From the Data Source window, select Data > [data source name] > Edit Connection from the top menu. In the Excel Workbook Connection dialog box, type the full universal naming convention (UNC) path to the Excel data source.
Edit Connections on Tableau Online
- On the site that has the data source you want to modify, open the Explore page, then filter to show All Data Sources.
- Select the check box next to the data source you want to update, and on the Actions menu, select Edit Connection.
- Update the connection information and click Save.
Define blend relationships for blending. In order for Tableau to know how to combine the data from multiple sources, there must be a common dimension or dimensions between the data sources. This common dimension is called the linking field.
Run a refresh on Tableau Online
- Sign in to the Tableau Online site to which the data source is published.
- On the Data Sources page, select the More actions icon (…) next to the data source you want to refresh, and then select Refresh Extracts from the menu.
- Under Refresh Now, select Full Refresh.
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- Connect to the primary data source as usual.
- Create a Worksheet.
- Create a new Worksheet.
- Using the top menu bar, select Data > New Data Source. (
- Connect to a new data source (and if necessary, drag the tables into the (empty) data relationship window).
twbx) – Tableau packaged workbooks have the . twbx file extension. A packaged workbook is a single zip file that contains a workbook along with any supporting local file data and background images. This format is the best way to package your work for sharing with others who don't have access to the original data.
To edit a custom SQL queryClick the arrow and then select Edit Custom SQL Query. In the dialog box, edit the custom SQL query.
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Tableau Prep Builder version 2019.1.
Pivot rows to columns
- Connect to your data source.
- Drag the table that you want to pivot to the Flow pane.
- Click the plus icon, and select Add Pivot from the context menu.
- In the Pivoted Fields pane, select Rows to Columns from the drop-down list.
With the Tableau Server REST API you can manage and change Tableau Server, Tableau Online site, and Prep Conductor resources programmatically, using HTTP. The API gives you simple access to the functionality behind Tableau data sources, projects, workbooks, site users, sites, flows, and more.
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- Select Analysis > Create Calculated Field.
- Name the field NULL, enter a calculation similar to the following, then click OK: IF FALSE THEN 0 ELSE NULL END.
- Drag [NULL] onto the view where blank space is desired.
- Right-click on the header and select Edit Alias…
- Replace "NULL" with " " and click OK.
You may want to include the aggregations or call it "Total Profit" and "Total Sales." To change the measure names, right-click (control-click on Mac) the Measure Names field on the Rows shelf and select Edit Aliases. Make the changes and click OK.
Tableau Server
- In Tableau Desktop, select Server > Sign In. Enter the name or address of your Tableau server, and then click Connect.
- Enter your user name and password, and then click Sign In. If you have access to multiple sites, select the one you want to use. You can also enter the name of the site and search for it.
Click on the Data Source tab at the bottom left of Tableau Desktop to see the data source and tables. Change from a live connection to extract in upper right.
On the Analyze tab, in the Data group, click Change Data Source, and then click Change Data Source. The Change PivotTable Data Source dialog box is displayed. To use a different connection, do the following: Click select a Use an external data source, and then click Choose Connection.
Select Data > <data source > Publish to Server to overwrite the original published data source on Tableau Server. Select Data > Connect to Data to connect to the newly published data source. Select Data > Replace Data Source to replace the local data source with the published data source.
