Tableau 2020.2: Set controls for set actions.

0:00Hey, it's Tim here. And in this video, this

0:01is actually a shortened version of a much

0:03longer video I've done explaining how to

0:05build and work with set actions and set

0:08controls.

0:09In this video, I've jumped right to the

0:11very end of the content. So I've basically

0:13already built out this map which shows the

0:16difference in prices and averages across

0:18London.

0:19Now, it's already using a capability called

0:21set actions. If you're familiar with set

0:23actions, you already know how this works.

0:25If I make a selection, it changes the

0:27context of my visualization and the price

0:29differential is now being compared against

0:32this one, E17.

0:34And if I hover around, you can actually see

0:36the tooltip updates to show you the

0:37differences in the different prices.

0:40In 2020.2, what Tableau have done is have

0:43actually created a filter control that

0:45allows you to select these rather than

0:47having to select an item on the chart.

0:49So you get like a filter with the same

0:51options as a filter that you can use to

0:53select these items.

0:55So let's look and see how to do that. First

0:57thing we need to do is actually add the out

0:59code set to the filters pane.

1:01And by doing that, we're then able to call

1:03it in the dashboard.

1:05So I'm just going to click on this drop

1:06down here and I'm going to make sure it

1:08shows the in and out of set.

1:10And I'm just going to use the all function

1:12here because I'm not too worried about sort

1:14of the selection at the moment.

1:16Then if I go back to my dashboard and then

1:19bring this drop down, you'll see we have

1:22this new option here for sets.

1:24And in there you'll see in out of out code

1:26set. And basically, if you select that, you

1:29get this set control.

1:31And now watch what happens when I click and

1:33use a set action. It both changes the

1:36visualization, but it also automatically

1:38updates this filter.

1:40And so that obviously means that I can use

1:42this filter to change my selections. You

1:44can see here if I select the 16, 15, 14, 13

1:48, the chart is changing to sort of adapt to

1:51my selection.

1:52And the beauty of this is that I can use

1:54filter like controls in order to do this.

1:57I don't have to worry too much about you

1:59interacting with the chart.

2:01So where interaction is slightly cumbersome

2:03, you can actually give users really precise

2:06controls they're used to and more

2:07specifically on mobile devices.

2:10This is a great way of making that

2:11interface much, much easier to use because

2:14the filter controls are optimized for

2:17mobile devices.

2:18OK, that's the feature in a nutshell. This

2:20is a much, much, much shorter video on this

2:23topic.

2:24I've done a full breakdown of how to build

2:26this chart, how to use set and how to use

2:28the set control.

2:29It's about a 25 minute video. I really

2:31apologize. It's that long.

2:33And so go check that out if you really want

2:35to get down with the nitty gritty of how

2:37this works.

2:38Otherwise, if you like this video, hit the

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2:41you in the next video.

2:43Thank you.