Question
How to add "transparent" to the color legend
Last Modified Date: 16 Jun 2022
Environment
- Tableau Desktop
Answer
1. Move to the following folderC:\Users\User Name\Documents\My Tableau Repository
2. Open the file "Preferences.tps" with a text editor.
3. Add the script as following.
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<preferences>
<color-palette name="Transparent" type="regular">
<color>#FFFFFF00</color>
</color-palette>
</preferences>
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4. Start Tableau Desktop and connect to sample superstore.
5. Drag [Order Date] to Column.
6. Drag [Sales] to Row.
7. Drag [Profit] to Row like following.
8. Change the bar type of Profit to Line from Bar.
9. Click on the legend and select Edit Colors.
10. In Select Color Palette , select Transparent.
11. Set Profit to Transparent
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