How to Sort in Tableau
Sorting in Tableau can be perplexing. Sometimes Tableau sorting appears to not work, it may not do as expected. Sometimes the sort doesn’t seem to …
How to Create an Empty Column Name in Tableau
Quick tip on how to create a blank field name in Tableau. Create a calculated field to be the blank column and save it as …
Tableau IF Functions
This post explains the different options to write IF statements in Tableau. This includes IF, IIF, and CASE, with a brief mention of IFNULL. The …
Tableau how to display 15 minute intervals
This article explains how to report data in different time intervals in Tableau. For example, to show 15 minute intervals, split every hour into quarters; …
Number of Records is missing in Tableau
Have you noticed the Number of Records field in Tableau has disappeared? If not you’re using a version of Tableau pre-2020.2. The release of Tableau …
Boolean in Tableau – true or false?
The Boolean data type is the most efficient for Tableau to process. Yet it is very under-used. It seems many developers do not make proper …
Excel Product function in Tableau
I stumbled across a question on the Tableau forums asking how to write the Excel Product function in Tableau. Full credit for the answer goes …
Tableau Sort Table by Measure and dimension
Do you want to know how to sort a Tableau table? Sometimes the user may want to sort by a measure, sometimes by a dimension. …
Tableau Filter the data on display without impacting results
There are often situations where you may want to filter a Tableau dashboard without affecting the totals. There are many examples where you want to …
Waterfall Charts in Tableau
Waterfall charts in Tableau are very useful to show the different contributors to a total. For example, a common use case is to show the …