Ciara Brennan (Tableau)
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- Format fields and field labels (Tableau Help)
Joshua Ubaldo (Member) asked a question.
Hi, I added a trend line one of my line charts in a dual axis line chart. I noticed that changing the color of the trend line on the format pane doesn't have an effect and that changing the color of the line chart will always change the trend line to the same color.I want my trend line to have a different color in order to stand out.
kartik chinchkhedkar (Member) asked a question.
Hello Developers,
I have prepared text table showing bank wise values , measure names are in column shelf , i found some of banks have values overlapping (Refer to the snap) . Is there any solution for this?
I have tried to see the data by clicking on overlapping text , it is showing 2 rows in summary and 1 row in full data , do not know why it is happening , does anyone know how to fix this?
if tableau found values from same bank why tableau is not aggregating these values if i used sum(Value) as measure? why tableau is overlapping the text ?
kappa nn (Member) asked a question.
Hi everyone,
I am working on a text table in Tableau. I have already achieved the desired structure by placing all the necessary dimensions in the rows. However, I am missing higher-level column headers to group certain columns together.
For example, I need to place the Location, id and Code columns under a new header called Company (which does not exist as a dimension in my data).
How can I add these macro headers without using dimension values as column headers?
zoheb akber (Member) asked a question.
Hi Team,
We have reached so much advancements in Tableau. Why is it that we are still missing such basic requirement.
My dashboards have to be created only in Automatic Size Dashboard option as my viewers are on different screen size:
I need to have rounded corners tiled containers so that they resize accordingly.
All the options, work arounds of creating background images etc...will only work for fixed size dashboards.
Can anyone help me achieving this for auto size...
Thank you so mucj
Gregory McDonald (Member) asked a question.
We use a lot of calculated fields because oftentimes there are several corrections to the content of a field, and there is a hierarchy to which version of this information should be prioritized, although all must be recorded.
Salesforce cannot export the result of a calculation done within it, so that has to be done in Tableau. That is fine, but because of that, the field I end up with is a calculation.
To make things easier/more understandable for both me and anyone else who edits the same charts, I tend to name calculated fields to be things that very specifically explain how they came to exist, and use other text indicators that they are fields we actually want to use in visualizations.
As an example: //ULT Duration/60 is the name of a field
// makes it easy to search, ULT Duration is the formula that chooses the right version of the duration, which is originally a calculation anyway.
This would all be well and good but the result is that if this field is used as a column name in a crosstab, I can't edit that label, ie change it to "hours" or something simple.
Is there a workaround for this?
Ian Zukowski (Member) asked a question.
Looking for a way to split my 6 parameter values in a single-value-list into two columns of three values. I am trying to slot the parameter control into a dashboard I have made, and having an option like this fits the open space much better than the compact-list+type-in options (since AFAIK those options are stuck at size 9 font and only take up a single line worth of vertical space).
Sample image below:
Tracey Stone (Member) asked a question.
1- On the attached dashboard, I would like to change the color of the bar and "Star" if a condition of another field is met.
a. Bar - If there is a date in the Actual Discovery Completion Date field turn the bar green else keep it the same color as the legend
b: Star - If there is a date in the Actual Migration Complete field turn the star green else keep it purple.
2- Create a new filter - When both the actual discovery completion date and actual migration complete are green.. I can choose to filter from the dashboard.
Not sure how I accomplish these tasks.
Srinivasa Rao Digudadi (Member) asked a question.
How to add the background colors for one dimension as attached?
I want the colors like If ShipMode is First Class then Segment values background color is yellow and If ShipMode is Second Class then Segment values background color is Green.
Like that, I want background colors.
Please help me with this.
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