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How to Pivot your data in Tableau in 3 steps

Sometimes you will need to prepare or engineer your data in order to have the data in a desired format. Pivoting the data might be the means to achieve your desired data visualization or analytics goal in a timely and effective manner. In this post we will show the simple three steps to pivot in tableau desktop software.

Step 1:
Drag the desired data source to the data connection window.

Step 2:
Press the ctrl button and select the desired columns that you will like to pivot

Step 3:
Right click on any of the selected field title and select pivot

Result

You can rename the field by right clicking on the field title and select Rename.
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By Sam Elegure

Sam is a certified Tableau Desktop Associate. His strong desire for excellence in data visualization and analytics is always brought to bare on his works and trainings.