# How to use target web zones in Tableau Desktop 2019.1 +

> 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:** 2020-01-11
- **Format:** Video · 7 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (dashboards, filters)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-use-target-web-zones-in-tableau-desktop-2019-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtu.be/DhW-VIVNDR4

I walk through the new target web zone feature in Tableau 2019.1, which lets URL actions point to a specific web container in a dashboard. Using the Superstore sample workbook, I show how to set up multiple web objects and drive dynamic Google searches from different views.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau 2019.1 lets URL actions target a specific web object rather than any web container on the dashboard
- Naming web objects by typing 1 and 2 as their URL generates labelled placeholders that make targeting much clearer
- Place web objects in a shared vertical container to tidy up layout when sitting them side by side
- Setting a URL action to run on Menu rather than on Select keeps it in the tooltip and avoids accidental clicks
- Allowing multiple values on a URL action lets several selections feed into the dynamic query

## Chapters

- 0:00 The new target web zone feature
- 0:42 Building a dynamic Google search query
- 1:40 Adding and naming web objects
- 2:25 Tidying layout with a vertical container
- 3:09 Creating the first URL action
- 4:23 Adding a second targeted URL action
- 5:29 Testing the dashboard and final tips

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-use-target-web-zones-in-tableau-desktop-2019-1

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