Zooming-in on Map Selection

Published: 07 Jun 2017
Last Modified Date: 10 Jan 2019

Question

How to zoom-in on the area selected in a map.

Environment

Tableau Desktop

Answer

A Tableau map can automatically zoom-in on the user selection by setting up a Filter Action where the Target Sheet is the Source Sheet selected from the dropdown menu.
The attached example workbook uses the sample data set Superstore to demonstrate the following directions:

Double-click "State" in the data pane.
On the Marks card, select Map in the dropdown menu.
1. (Optional: Drag "State" to the Label Card)
Navigate to Worksheet > Actions…
In the Actions dialog, click Add Action > Filter…
In the Edit Filter Action dialog, do the following:
1. For "Source Sheets", check only Sheet 1.
2. For "Run Action on", select Select.
3. For "Target Sheets", select Sheet 1 in the dropdown menu.
4. For "Clearing the selection will", select Show all values.
5. Optional: For "Target Filters", select Selected Fields.
6. Optional: Click Add Filter…
7. Optional: In the "Add Filter" dialog, select State in both dropdown and click OK.
Click OK to close all dialogs.