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How To Use Legends As Filters In A Dashboard


Published: 19 Jun 2020
Last modified date: 26 Oct 2022

Question

How to use legends as filters

Environment

  • Tableau Desktop

Answer

1. Create a separate legend sheet like below

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2. Add both sheets to dashboards and configure dashboard actions to filter the view with legend sheet like below:
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Attached sample workbook demonstrates the solution
 

Additional information

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