# Data pane search operators

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2020-08-12
- **Format:** Video · 2 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Productivity
- **Tools:** Tableau (data pane)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/data-pane-search-operators-in-tableau-2020-3
- **Watch:** https://www.youtu.be/xWjLy6KznI8

I walk through the search pane improvements in Tableau 2020.3, showing how search operators let you filter the data pane by field type. I demonstrate typing operators like m: for measures and using the filter icon to narrow fields quickly.

## Key takeaways

- In Tableau 2020.3 you can add search operators to the data pane search to filter by field type
- Typing m: returns only measures, helping cut down the field list quickly
- The filter icon reveals operators C, D, M and F for calculations, dimensions, searches (measures) and comments
- If you've already typed a term, you can still hit the filter icon and Tableau prepends the operator to your existing search

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/data-pane-search-operators-in-tableau-2020-3

---
just-tim — Data and analytics, with a point of view. · https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HYxRWmaNlJux-X7rNLZyw · https://twitter.com/TableauTim · https://www.linkedin.com/in/timngwena