Content in Tableau Community Forums /profile-content.jspa?filterID=contentstatus[published]&targetUser=26542 Recent content in Tableau Community Forums en Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:31:35 GMT Jive Engage 8.0.5.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/) 2013-09-09T22:31:35Z en How can I convert a number such as 1987.2 to a date field like 1987Q2 so that Tableau recognizes it as a date field? https://community.tableau.com/thread/130625 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:8774c139-18ba-4d11-b53f-8fae68ad1436] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Newbie question: I have imported a time series dataset of quarterly data. The structure is always YYYY.Q. So, for example, 1987.1 corresponds to the first quarter of 1987. How can I convert the number so that Tableau recognizes that it is a date field?</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:8774c139-18ba-4d11-b53f-8fae68ad1436] --> Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:31:35 GMT tableaucommunity@tableau.com https://community.tableau.com/thread/130625 2013-09-09T22:31:35Z 5 years 10 months ago 2 0