What is string in tableau?

Question

String functions in tableau?

Answer 1

Tableau has many inbuilt string functions that can be used for string manipulations like concatenation, replacement, finding the character in a string etc. For example if you want to find the sales for only those cities which contains "vill" as a sub string. So for that below are the steps:

Step 1: First drag and drop city and Sales fields in rows and column shelf as shown below

Step 2: Create a calculated field by using CONTAINS (String function) as shown below

Step 3: Once you create and rename the calculated field then drag and drop it in filters card, then you will see a new pop up window. select True from this window and click on apply.

Step 4: Now you will see only those cities which contains "vill" sub string in their name.

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