CODEWITHSUNDEEP
tableau-api
WestCoastProjects
WestCoastProjects

Reputation: 63062

Change the display name of a calculation in Tableau

How can the display name of a computed field be customized? Note the entire calculation is being displayed as the field label in the tooltip :

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When attempting to customize that calculated field there is no apparent way to change the display name:

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Update Here is the set of dimensions and measures: notice the last dimension on the rows is the calculated field. That is what I am unable to discover how to name/alias/..

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 7625

Answers (2)

wavery
wavery

Reputation: 279

You need to create it as a calculated field. It could be that it is a calculation in the "Shelf" in the way you have displayed it. You would need to go to your list of fields displayed on the left, right click and click "Create", and then copy your formula into that, and be sure to name it what you want and then save it. Then it will show up as a field in the list of fields on the left.

Upvotes: 2

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 3170

Right click the calculation and select Edit in Shelf. Move your cursor to the first character and press Shift+Enter to add a new line above your calculation. On this blank line, add the alias in the form of a comment, e.g. //AverageScore.

Note that making changes to the field can sometimes undo this and it will need to be reapplied.

Upvotes: 5

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