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Custom Sorting with Parameters in Tableau

Custom Sorting Options Make Tableau Dashboards More User-Friendly Tableau has made great improvements to its sorting features over the years, such as nested sorting in version 2018.2. This has helped avoid user confusion when sorting, …

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How to Change Date Aggregation on X-Axis in Tableau Using Parameters for Time Series and Trend Analysis

This post is part of our Six Favorite Tableau Tips, Tricks and Hacks to Enhance Dashboards collection. The Problem Tableau makes selecting and changing date dimension aggregations very easy when building a worksheet view. However, unless an …

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How to Dynamically Change Axis Measures and Formats in Tableau Using Parameters

This post is part of our Six Favorite Tableau Tips, Tricks and Hacks to Enhance Dashboards collection. Tableau is a powerful data visualization and analysis tool that can easily represent several metrics in one visual. Sometimes …

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Tableau Fundamentals: An Introduction to Parameters

As you make your way through the Tableau 201 series, and especially the Tips & Tricks section, there is one functionality that you will hear about over and over: parameters. Parameters are the solution to …

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Tableau 201: How to Change Date Aggregation Using Parameters

Problem: Tableau makes selecting and changing the aggregation of a date dimension very easy while you are building a view. However, unless an end user is viewing an individual sheet in Tableau Desktop, they can’t …

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Tableau 201: How to Make a What-If Analysis Using Parameters

Parameters are one of the most powerful tools available in Tableau for exploring your data and providing interactivity to your end users. The best way to think of parameters is that they act as wildcards. …

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How to Use Set Controls and Dynamic Zone Visibility to Drive Interactive Insights in Tableau

Creating parameters, filters and base calculations  Set Controls are one of the many powerful functions built into Tableau. They allow users to easily control what data is included or excluded from a set without filtering …

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What’s the Optimal Success Rate for an A/B Testing Program?

How do you determine the optimal success rate for A/B tests? Learn how to aim for the best outcomes.

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Google to Auto-Migrate UA Properties to GA4 Unless You Act Now

Google recently announced plans to automatically migrate all Standard Universal Analytics properties to GA4 after Feb. 28, 2023. What does this mean for your analytics, and what should you do (if anything)?

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Why You Should Be Excited About Setting Up and Using GA4 Now

There’s a lot to be excited about in Google Analytics 4. Its powerful new features could take your analytics game to the next level. Here are some of the benefits of getting started with GA4 now.

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