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pdf formatting difficulties on Tableau Server

tableaucommunity@tableau.com — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:43:03 GMT

I have some clients that access our data on the Tableau Server and need to create pdfs. I am have a great deal of difficulty with the formatting of the pdf from the server (just worksheets, not even a dashboard problem). When I create the pdfs from Tableau Desktop, I use the page setup to fit them on whatever number of pages seems most appropriate; however, when you attempt to use the "scaling" function while exporting the pdf from the server, it seemingly has no effect whatsoever on the document it creates.

The other major problem I'm having, is the pdf shows blank scroll bars that obscure data at times...see attached. Any way to fix either of these issues? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks much!

Can you format individual measures differently?

tableaucommunity@tableau.com — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:09:41 GMT

That is to say, if you have three measures (and are viewing them as text), is there any way to shade each column differently or have each measure appear in a different color? It seems like you can only format the numbers differently, not the font, colors, etc. If I drag the measure values to the color shelf, it shades based on value, but I want to shade based on the unique measure names.

Can anyone help with this? Let me know if an attached workbook would elucidate the question.

Thanks!

Displaying a difference rather than a grand total?

tableaucommunity@tableau.com — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:45:25 GMT

In the attached example, is there a simple way to just show the difference between Group 1 and Group 2 in a third column, rather than a grand total? I know you can do a quick table calculation, but I'm interested in adding it in a separate column such that the totals for each group are also shown in the same table.

Thanks!