URL filtering with Tableau
This blog post was inspired by a recent question in the Tableau Community Forums about sending values via URL filtering. The question https://community.tableau.com/s/question/0D5cw00000MFRtNCAX I was asked about how to philtre using parameter values when they’re sent from ReactJS. Obviously, there is confusion on the Tableau side about what is a filter? What is a parameter? […]
Time for some tools
TC24 really put me into the spirit of doing more coding. It’s something that I’ve always enjoyed doing and it’s helped me get into the position that I am today. In true TC style, I’ll announce the name now so you can all applaud without actually really knowing what it is (but the name sorta […]
Remotely triggering a refresh in Tableau
A few years ago I wrote this code to trigger a refresh of a published data source (PDS) in Tableau. I’ve adapted the code over that time and this is the latest version that I use in quite a few different places. This script works for Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud because you need a […]