Last Modified Date: 20 Jul 2023
Environment
- Tableau Desktop
- Custom Background Map
- Geocoding
- Custom Shapes
Answer
This example will help you understand how to create a view with custom background and shapes using sample basketball data. With such an example, you will be able to plug/blend any new dataset to do the desired analysis based on the built-in mapping.CLICK TO EXPAND STEPS
Step 1 - Setting a Background Map
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Step 2 - Build the view and use Custom Shapes to map your data points
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Step 3 - Create the missing mapping coordinates
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Additional Information
If you wish to share this custom mapping, save the workbook as a .twbx file before Step 6 and send it to anyone who would use the same custom maps. Different analysis based on the same custom mapping can be performed without recreating the custom mapping. Anyone who opens it locally is then able to connect to their new dataset and blend their fields to the mapping dataset fields. For more information about this topic, see Data Blending in Tableau Help.To view another example of custom geocoding, see this visualization in Tableau Public.
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