Customizing a Data Source

Get to know the functionality of your Tableau data source. Learn how to revise the properties of a data source and save those changes in a .tds file. Reconnect to the .tds file to keep working with your data without losing your changes. Share these changes with others!

Examine how changes to a data source affect your visualizations. Using live data, explore how a change to a field name in the data source can be remedied in Tableau.

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Edit default properties.
  • Save and open a .tds file.

 

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