Interactivity with actions
In Tableau, an action is a user-initiated event that triggers a response from Tableau. You've seen a few examples of actions being used in dashboards already. We'll now consider some details of how actions work in Tableau.
Tableau supports six kinds of actions:
- Filter actions: The user's action causes one or more filters to be applied to one or more views.
- Highlight actions: The user's action causes specific marks and headers to be highlighted in one or more views.
- URL actions: The user's action causes a specific URL to be opened (either in a browser, a new tab, or in an embedded web object).
- Go to Sheet: The user's action causes navigation to a selected sheet or dashboard.
- Parameter actions: The user's action changes the value of a parameter. This allows the user to visually interact with parameters in new and exciting ways!
- Set actions: The user's action defines a...