Creating a filter action
One of the ways to add interactivity to Tableau dashboards is by adding actions. Tableau supports three actions, and one of them is a filter action. A filter action enables one view to narrow down the information shown in other views, either in the same dashboard or different dashboards.
In this recipe, we will use one of the sheets in our dashboard to filter all other sheets in the dashboard.
Getting ready
To follow this recipe, open B05527_04 – STARTER.twbx. We will use the following worksheets:
- Floods by Country
- Floods by Cause
- Flood Damage
How to do it...
The following are the steps to create the dashboard in this recipe:
- At ...
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