How to disable Chart Highlighting (and create a Dummy Highlight) in Tableau | UX Tip

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Data Schooler Toby Horne shows you how to create a dummy highlight effect in Tableau (also called disabling chart highlighting). This is a useful UX tip if you want seamless changes between stated in interactive charts.
📌Timestamp
00:00 Intro
00:30 When would you use dummy highlighting
01:18 Create your 'dummy' calculated field
02:15 Apply 'dummy' to multiple sheets
02:40 Create a dashboard with dummy highlighting
🔗Links
- Check a great use case for Dummy Highlighting when you build a drill down chart with parameter actions: • How to create a Drilld...
- Prefer to read a blog? Check out this one by Toby's colleague Maha www.thedataschool.co.uk/maha-...
- Connect with Toby on LinkedIn: / toby-horne-3a7805216
- Find out more about Toby on The Data School site: www.thedataschool.co.uk/blog/...
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