Thanks for the mention @tableau - and thanks again to Whitney Wood who shares some cool #TinyTableauTips in my summer guest host series!
More cool tips can be found here: youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen
A little @Tableau format code trick - you can use "reserved" characters in format codes by wrapping them in quotes. Normally "s" in custom formatting would return seconds, but look how we can achieve "03m 52s" without any extra calculations.
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It's exciting learning something from an internal user! All my years using @Tableau, I didn't know you could copy tooltip text on the web... As a creator, turn off "Allow selection by category".
To select your text, click the mark to freeze it first.
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New Blog Post - #TinyTableauTips Round 4
Thanksgiving is next week & I am (& will forever be) thankful to the @Tableau community. I would not be where I am today without you! So to thank you all, I'm sharing previously shared tips from our community. flerlagetwins.com/2023/11/ti…
🚨#TinyTableauTips 21 - Hide Unused Fields
Once you are done developing, if you are using an extract:
1) Click the down arrow in the data menu
2) Select hide unused fields
3) Refresh extract
The fields will be gone, and your dashboard faster
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🚨#TinyTableauTips 19 - Navigating Sheets
Sheet!!! That's a lot of sheets....
To cycle through the sheet(s) faster:
1) Use your arrow left or right to move 1 sheet at a time
2) Use page up or page down to move 10 sheets at a time
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🚨#TinyTableauTips 18 - Reset Tooltip
Made a bunch of changes to a tooltip and just want to revert back to the original? This is often overlooked
1) Open the tooltip
2) Click "reset tooltip"
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🚨#TinyTableauTips 17 - Rename column without changing dimension name
Sometimes you want to change the column name, without changing the dimension name
1) Edit the pill
2) Type "//new name of field"
3) Hit shift enter
4) Click out
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🚨#TinyTableauTips 16 - Dashboard Grid View
Are you a formatting perfectionist?
Sometimes aligning visuals can be tough (without using the layout tab)
Solution: When on a dashboard, click "g" and a grid will show up to easily align
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🚨#TinyTableauTips 13 - Row Level Security - AD Group
Need to limit who can see your data based on ad group?
1) Create a new field called "RLS"
2) Set up a new calc: ismemberof('ad-ent group name')
3) Add RLS to data source filter, keep the true
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