Overriding Automatic Field Renaming

Published: 21 Jul 2014
Last Modified Date: 24 Aug 2022

Question

How to override automatic field renaming when connecting to data sources from Tableau Desktop.

Environment

Tableau Desktop

Answer

When opening Tableau Desktop, add a flag to override field renaming.

Option 1 (Mac and Windows): Use the command prompt

On the computer running Tableau Desktop, open the Command Prompt window as an administrator and run the following commands:

Windows:

cd "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau <version>\bin"
tableau.exe -DADM=0

Note: If Tableau Desktop is not installed on drive C, replace C: in the file path above with the correct drive letter. (Replace <version> with your Tableau version)

Mac:

Start Terminal and type the following command:
open /Applications/Tableau.app/ --args -DADM=0

Option 2 (Windows only): Change the shortcut target

On the computer running Tableau Desktop, right-click the Tableau Desktop icon, and then click Properties.
On the Shortcut tab, in Target, append -DADM=0 to the existing statement, and then click OK.
- "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau <version>\bin\tableau.exe" -DADM=0
- (Replace <version> with your Tableau version)
Double-click the Tableau Desktop icon to start Tableau Desktop.