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How to Make Cross Join of Two Tables


Published: 10 Mar 2021
Last Modified Date: 09 Dec 2022

Question

How to make cross join of two tables in Tableau Desktop.
*The CROSS JOIN is used to generate a paired combination of each row of the first table with each row of the second table. 

Environment

  • Tableau Desktop

Answer

Option 1
Create a Calculation such as " 1 = 1" as join clauses as below:
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Option 2
Join two fields with NOT EQUAL (<>) as below:
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NOTE: Option 2 has some restrictions of two joining fields:
1. Need to be the same Data Type
2. No same values in these two joining fields
3. No NULL values in these two joining fields
 
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