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January 10, 2017

Tableau Tip Tuesday: How to Sort via a Cross-Database Calculation

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With Tableau 10 came the ability to create cross-database joins. In this video, I show you how to:

  1. Create a cross-database join
  2. Create a calculation across the data sources
  3. Use the calculation to sort the view
  4. Use the calculation as a boolean

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  1. Great video. It is a shame they haven't put into the product the ability to join extracts on Server. For example, I have two published extracts on the server that I want to join.