Tableau supports ad hoc analysis for the everyday user, giving everyone in the business the ability to better see and understand their data. Plus, it allows your business analysts to publish companywide KPIs on one centralized analytics platform for easy consumption.
To function quickly and make your work easy use these short cut keys.
Shortcuts for managing workbooks, sheets and files (Desktop):
Ctrl+N: New workbook
Ctrl+M: New worksheet
Ctrl+E: Describe sheet
Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+F6: Cycle forward through open worksheets
Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+F6: Cycle backward through open worksheets
F7 , Ctrl+H: Switch in and out of Presentation Mode Switch in and out of Full Screen mode
Ctrl+O: Open file
Ctrl+SSave fileCtrl+Shift+S: Save file as
F12: Revert workbook to last saved state
Alt+F4: Close the current workbook
Ctrl+P: PrintF1Open Help
Shortcuts for Data:
Ctrl+D: Connect to data source
Ctrl+F: Activate the find command in the Data pane
F5: Refresh data source
F9: Run data updates on a view
F10: Toggle automatic data updates on and off
Shortcuts for resizing rows and columns:
Ctrl+B: Smaller cell size
Ctrl+Shift+B: Bigger cell size
Ctrl+left arrow: Make rows narrower
Ctrl+right arrow: Make rows wider
Ctrl+down arrow: Make columns shorter
Ctrl+up: arrowMake columns taller
Shortcuts for pages:
F4: Start or stop forward playback on the Pages shelf
Shift+F4: Start or stop backward playback on the Pages shelf
Ctrl+period: Skip forward one page
Ctrl+comma: Skip backward one page
Shortcuts for selecting and navigating marks:
Click: Select a mark
Drag: Select a group of marks
Ctrl+click: Add individual marks to the selection
Ctrl+drag: Add a group of marks to the selection
A: Use Rectangular Selection tool
D: Use Lasso Selection Tool
S: Use Radial Selection Tool
Ctrl+A: Select all data
Ctrl+C: Copy selected data
Esc: Clear the mark selection
Shift+drag: Pan around the view
Double-click , Ctrl+Shift+click: Zoom in to a point in the view (if not map, requires zoom mode)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+click: Zoom out from a point on a map (if not map, requires zoom mode)
Shift+Double-click: Zoom out
Ctrl+Shift+drag: Zoom in to an area in the view (requires zoom mode if not map)
Scroll: Zoom in and out on a map
Click+drag to bottom of pane+hold: Drag a row and scroll through a long list simultaneously
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