# Tableau 2020.2: Metrics on Tableau Server, Tableau Online and Mobile

> 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:** 2020-05-06
- **Format:** Video · 9 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Analytics
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, metrics, mobile, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-2020-2-metrics-on-tableau-server-tableau-online-and-mobile
- **Watch:** https://www.youtu.be/-x5KHObBXHQ

I demonstrate the new Metrics feature introduced in Tableau 2020.2, showing how to create metrics from a published workbook on Tableau Server or Tableau Online. I cover building, sharing and managing metrics, then walk through how they behave on iPhone and iPad in Tableau Mobile.

## Key takeaways

- Metrics can only be created from a view in a workbook already published to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, and they stay linked to that source workbook.
- Creating a metric is as simple as clicking a mark on a viz, but you must check that Tableau has picked the right measure and dimension, as map selections can default to latitude.
- Metrics live in the project hierarchy like workbooks, and deleting the connected view or workbook stops the metric from functioning.
- You can favourite and share metrics, with favourites surfacing at the top of Tableau Mobile for quick access.
- On mobile you can adjust the date range, change the comparison period (such as previous year), show a comparison line, and toggle the value between absolute number, absolute difference and percentage.

## Chapters

- 0:04 Publishing a workbook to Tableau Server
- 0:52 Creating your first metric
- 2:55 Managing, favouriting and sharing metrics
- 4:02 Creating multiple metrics quickly
- 5:11 Grid versus list view
- 5:26 Metrics on iPhone and iPad
- 6:30 Adjusting comparisons and value formats

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-2020-2-metrics-on-tableau-server-tableau-online-and-mobile

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