# Tableau Prep input step enhancements | New in Tableau 2023.1

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- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-03-20
- **Format:** Video · 5 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data prep, Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (filters, prep)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-prep-input-step-enhancements-new-in-tableau-2023-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Wy6MLqXkA

I walk through the input step improvements in Tableau Prep 2023.1, covering multi-select field removal with shift-click and the ability to pre-filter dates at the input step. I explain how filtering dates early creates a smaller, more performant flow, using Salesforce data as a real-world example.

## Key takeaways

- You can now hold shift to select multiple fields at once in the input step and right-click to remove them
- Removing fields applies a change to the step that you can view or undo via the changes column
- You can pre-filter at the input step using either a calculation or relative dates by right-clicking a date field
- Filtering dates at input rather than in a later clean step gives you a smaller data subset and a more performant flow long term
- Salesforce data, with its hundreds of date fields, particularly benefits from input-step date filtering

## Chapters

- 0:24 Multi-select field removal
- 1:15 Viewing and undoing changes
- 1:44 Date filtering at the input step
- 2:56 Why early filtering improves performance

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-prep-input-step-enhancements-new-in-tableau-2023-1

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