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Learning Tableau 2022 - Fifth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801072328
Pages 568 pages
Edition 5th Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Joshua N. Milligan Joshua N. Milligan
Profile icon Joshua N. Milligan

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface Taking Off with Tableau Connecting to Data in Tableau Moving Beyond Basic Visualizations Starting an Adventure with Calculations and Parameters Leveraging Level of Detail Calculations Diving Deep with Table Calculations Making Visualizations that Look Great and Work Well Telling a Data Story with Dashboards Visual Analytics: Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting Advanced Visualizations Dynamic Dashboards Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features Integrating Advanced Features: Extensions, Scripts, and AI Understanding the Tableau Data Model, Joins, and Blends Structuring Messy Data to Work Well in Tableau Taming Data with Tableau Prep Sharing Your Data Story Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Interactivity with actions

In Tableau, an action is a user-initiated event that triggers a response from Tableau. You’ve seen a few examples of actions being used in dashboards already. We’ll now consider some details of how actions work in Tableau.

Tableau supports six kinds of actions:

  • Filter actions: The user’s action causes one or more filters to be applied to one or more views.
  • Highlight actions: The user’s action causes specific marks and headers to be highlighted in one or more views.
  • URL actions: The user’s action causes a specific URL to be opened (either in a browser, in a new tab, or in an embedded web object).
  • Go to Sheet: The user’s action causes navigation to a selected sheet or dashboard.
  • Parameter actions: The user’s action changes the value of a parameter. This allows the user to visually interact with parameters in new and exciting ways!
  • Set actions: The user’s action...
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