Removing "Abc" Placeholder Text

Published: 14 Dec 2016
Last Modified Date: 13 Jul 2023

Question

How to remove the "Abc" placeholder text from a crosstab view.

Environment

Tableau Desktop

Answer

All of these options are demonstrated in the attached workbook.

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Option 1: Use Polygon mark type

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Option 2: Place the last dimension on Text

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Option 3: For earlier versions of Tableau Desktop

To view the steps showed in the below video, please expand the above section.
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Additional Information

By default, Tableau uses "Abc" placeholder text for any values that could potentially be displayed. In cases where you are using only dimensions or discrete values, Tableau leaves the empty column with the "Abc" placeholder text.

To vote for different behavior, please visit the Tableau Community Idea for the "abc" placeholder text.

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