Broken Worksheet Actions in Dashboards? Here's the Tableau Fix You've Been Seeking!

Ever wonder why your worksheet actions don't seem to play nicely when incorporated into a Tableau dashboard? You're not alone!
Everyone that starts using Tableau faces this hiccup, often leading to unnecessary hours of troubleshooting.
The answer is simpler than you think: change the worksheet action to a dashboard action!
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through this straightforward switch, step-by-step.
This will save you loads of time and frustration.
If you find this video helpful, don't forget to hit that like button, share with fellow Tableau users, and drop a comment about your experience!
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[@lilianacely3884]

I knew that you would help me with it!! Thank you so much, Andy!

[@bubblegum7522]

Thank you so much ❤

[@viyer22]

I love this technique!! When testing out, you tend to set up the worksheet actions. These then can be quickly converted to dashboard actions. It saves a lot of time sometimes.

[@vizwiz]

That's exactly how I set them up too.

[@Andy_81]

Hi Andy,
Is it by default that, all Andy in the world, knew this fix haha 😂

[@vizwiz]

Well, it's the most popular comment I get.

[@Andy_81]

@@vizwiz​​⁠Andy, I am a big fan of your videos. Thanks and appreciate your efforts always. 👍😊

[@jacobs4985]

does this use dynamic visibility zone?

[@vizwiz]

You would need to ensure your parameter actions are dashboard actions.

[@mrlutton]

I like using your tip of setting the source to the data source from the start - any draw backs to using that method?
This is one of those things that should be built into the product, IMO.

[@vizwiz]

The drawback of that method is that it's applied everywhere. You might not want that action on one sheet, so you'd then need to change the action anyway.
I think it's more prescriptive to do it one worksheet/dashboard at a time.