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Has any noticed any functionality changes in the sheet swapping and popping in the change from version 8.3 to 9.0? I've attached 2 workbooks where the action filter works in the 8.3 version but not the 9.0 version and I've made no changes other than opening the 8.3 version and saving in 9.0. Thanks for any insight you're able to provide!

I love this technique and use it frequently. It works great it both Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server. However, I just publish a viz using this technique to Tableau Public, and it didn't work. When I published it with the conditional item visible, it wouldn't disappear when the condition changed, and when I published it with the conditional item invisible, it would not appear. This particular example uses parameters to drive it; I don't know if that is a factor.

Please forgive me if this was mentioned earlier in the thread. I scanned it, but didn't see this quirk mentioned.

Hi Bill,

want to share your public viz?

Ville

Thanks Joe! I've started a new thread. Here's the link:

Thanks for your help Joe and the broader Tableau Community!

It is not yet ready for publication; I was just testing features. I will publish in the next few days.

Hi Dan Huff and Diego medrano,

Now a year has passed and, as my dashboards are ever more complex, I find myself using this "sheet popping" method to bring in views from where they were hiding in negative space more & more frequently.

Thus, I would ask again: Can you please confirm that the "not blocked on server" behavior will be preserved as time goes by ?  Optimally, desktop could be made to "not block" in the same way that server does.

Please confirm ?

Thanks!
Keith Helfrich | Twitter

Red Headed Step Data

hiding the sheet was v good idea !! thanks for d video !!!

Thanks for the video, it has been helpful.  I attempted to follow the steps in the video, first creating a parameter "Measure" followed by creating a calculated field "Reports to Display".  However, when I create the calculated field it is creating the field as a measure rather than a dimension.  I noticed in your video that the "Reports to Display" field was a dimension which gave you the option to be able to filter on the field.  I attempted to drag the field from measures to dimension but that wasn't an option.  By chance did I miss a step when I created the calculated field to designate the field as a dimension rather than a measure?  Thanks, Scott

Hey Scott--

Does you Measure field have any aggregate calculations in it or any aggregations around any of the fields? If so, this will not be able to be moved to the dimensions list.

Dan Huff

Hi Dan,

The calculated field was created off the parameter I created [Measure] and the parameter contain sting, so no I don't believe there are any aggregate calculations in the field.

Thanks,

Scott