Question
How to right-align text values in a crosstab view created with container fields.
For example, as seen in option 5 in Conditionally Color the Text in a Crosstab or a View.
Last Modified Date: 08 Jul 2022
Environment
- Tableau Desktop
Answer
Change the mark type to Circle and use label alignment to move text.The attached example workbook uses the sample data set Superstore to demonstrate the following directions:
- Drag Order ID to the Rows shelf
- Double-click the Columns shelf to create an ad-hoc calculation and type in 0
- On the Marks card, select Circle in the dropdown menu
- Drag Sales to Label on the Marks card
- Click on Size on the Marks card and drag the slider all the way to the left
- Click on Color and set Opacity to 0%
- Click on Label, and do the following:
- Check Allow labels to overlap other marks
- In the Alignment dropdown under Horizontal, select Left
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