Why Your Filters Might Be Lying to You (And How to Fix Them)
Steve Adams
Tableau Ambassador 23/25. Helping time-starved professionals Excel @ Tableau. Tableau User Group Co-Leader
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Ever applied a filter in Tableau and watched in horror as your numbers either?refused to change?or?changed way too much?
You’re not alone.
This is?Part 2?in our?5-part series?on Tableau’s?Order of Operations - because mastering?how?Tableau processes your filters, calculations, and actions is the difference between a dashboard that works and one that leaves you second-guessing everything.
Last time, in?[The Secret Sauce of Tableau], we broke down why?Order of Operations matters - today, we’re getting hands-on with filters.
In this post, we’ll cover:
? The different types of filters in Tableau
? How their order affects calculations
? When to use?Context Filters?to control the sequence
Up Next →?We’ll dive into?Level of Detail (LOD) Expressions vs. Filters - because?FIXED doesn’t always mean fixed, and understanding how LODs interact with filters is key to getting expected results.
???Read Part 2: Filters First!?→
???Want to go even further??Our next?Level Up?course is built for users who want to?master filters, LODs, and calculations?to create dashboards that actually behave.?Join us here?→
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Steve Adams - effective 2025.1, you should probably slide "logical table filters" in there between Data Source and Context filters!
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