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1. Re: Tableau paramter - pass Value in URL Action
Zhouyi ZhangMay 19, 2017 9:00 AM (in response to Grzegorz Ledwon)
1 of 1 people found this helpfulHi, Greg
Alternatively, you can create a calculation field as below and drag to detail.
when you create the url action, instead of using parameter directly, use the new created calculation field as below
Hope this could help
ZZ
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2. Re: Tableau paramter - pass Value in URL Action
Jeff StraussMay 19, 2017 9:13 AM (in response to Grzegorz Ledwon)
it's interesting that you can't pass the value directly. I recreated your scenario and observe the same behavior. One option is to create a calculated field which is a representation of the value and then pass this as part of the action URL. See screenprints.
Create calc:
Include the calc as part of the action:
Test the link:
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3. Re: Tableau paramter - pass Value in URL Action
Grzegorz Ledwon May 22, 2017 1:07 AM (in response to Zhouyi Zhang)Perfect! thank you for your help on that.
I had one more issue with the "Missing fields on <source sheet name>" warning in the URL Action after applying your trick but I manage to resolve using the following article (just in case someone stumbles across the same problem in the future).
Warning "Missing fields" Creating Filter Action | Tableau Software