Last Modified Date: 03 Jan 2019
Environment
Tableau DesktopAnswer
Worksheets
- Select Analysis > Create Calculated Field
- Name the field Today, enter the following calculation, then click OK:
TODAY()
- Drag Today onto Detail, then right-click YEAR(Today) and select More > Custom > Detail.
- In the Custom dialog box, select Month/Day/Year.
- If a title is not already displayed, select Worksheet > Show Title.
- Right-click the title on the view and select Edit Title.
- In the Edit Title dialog box, remove the current text.
- Click Insert and choose MDY(Today), then click OK.
Dashboards
The Title of a dashboard cannot reference the field, so use a worksheet in place of the dashboard's title.- Create a new sheet, and follow the steps from the Worksheets section, and name the worksheet Title.
- If your dashboard has a title, remove it.
- Drag the Title worksheet to the top of the dashboard.
- Right-click the Title worksheet and select Fit > Fit Width.
- Drag up the bottom edge of the view so only the title shows.
Additional Information
To see these steps in action, view the video below.Note: Video has no sound.
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