# Improved view data pane: New in Tableau 2022.1

> 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:** 2022-03-29
- **Format:** Video · 6 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Analytics
- **Tools:** Tableau (server, view data)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/improved-view-data-pane-new-in-tableau-2022-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJAFTp0GoD4

I walk through the redesigned View Data interface introduced in Tableau 2022.1. I show how you can reorder fields, add or remove dimensions, sort the underlying data, and how those customisations carry through to CSV downloads and to end users on Tableau Server.

## Key takeaways

- The new View Data interface in 2022.1 lets you reorder dimensions, and that order is preserved when you download the data as CSV or another file type
- You can add fields from the full data source via Show Fields, or strip it back to just the fields you want for a simpler end-user view
- Sorting ascending or descending reorders the entire underlying data source, not just the visible rows
- With a data model, the summary view also exposes the individual underlying tables that built the summary, not just the row-level detail
- End users on Tableau Server can customise the view themselves, and it respects existing security so people only see summary or granular data they're permitted to

## Chapters

- 0:00 The old View Data behaviour
- 0:23 The new View Data interface
- 0:52 Reordering and customising fields
- 1:30 Sorting and the aliases cog
- 2:13 Summary view and data models
- 2:50 CSV download respects sorting
- 3:36 Accessibility and the end-user experience
- 4:25 Security and final thoughts

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/improved-view-data-pane-new-in-tableau-2022-1

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