/profile-content.jspa?filterID=contentstatus[published]&targetUser=26843 Recent content in Tableau Community Forums en Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:05:30 GMT Jive Engage 8.0.5.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/) 2013-09-17T17:05:30Z en https://community.tableau.com/thread/130879 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:ef04e840-4702-4905-b683-547e17acdf81] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>We have a data file (think Excel) that has most of the data setup as columns.&#160; These import easily.&#160; However, the period (time) dimension is spread as columns (one date per column).</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Is there an easy way to import this using the standard Excel import and then convert or collapse all of the date columns into a single "period" dimension?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Appreciate the help.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:ef04e840-4702-4905-b683-547e17acdf81] --> Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:05:30 GMT tableaucommunity@tableau.com https://community.tableau.com/thread/130879 2013-09-17T17:05:30Z 5 years 9 months ago 1 0