Last Modified Date: 14 Oct 2022
Environment
Tableau Desktop 10.4.2Resolution
You can substitute an alias in a field in a different way, since aliases cannot be searched. Instead of right-clicking a dimension and selecting 'Alias' to modify the members, use a calculated field:IF [Category] = 'Tch' then 'Technology'
ELSEIF [Category] = 'Furniture' then 'New Alias for Furniture'
...
ELSE [Category]
END
The above calculation can be used to replace the 'Tch' member with 'Technology'. The newly created calculated field can be used as the wildcard filter in place of the original.
Cause
If a dimension has aliases, they will appear in the drop-down version of filters, but wild card searches will not match these aliases. Right-click a dimension and select 'Alias' to see whether or not aliases have been applied to the field.Thank you for providing your feedback on the effectiveness of the article.
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