In tableau actions are mainly used to add the interactive and context to the sheets.with the help of the actions in tableau we can enable the communication between multiple sheets in the tableau ,worksheets ,webpage and also we can add the context and highlighting between two sheets.
Actions in the tableau can be implemented at the work sheet level and at the dashboard level.
the actions in the tableau are divided in to 3 types
1. Filter actions
2. URL actions
3.Highlight action
1. Filter Actions:
Filter actions enable the communication between multiple sheets in the tableau .sheets can be either worksheet or dashboard .filter actions it enable the interactivity between multiple sheets by allowing communication between multiple sheets.
2. URL Actions
URL Actions enable the communication between worksheet and webpage.worksheet ,external files and even in between worksheet and the ftp.with the help of the URL action in tableau we can display the complete information of any object to a webpage.
3.Highlight Action
Highlight action acts context between multiple sheets with the help of the Highlight action
in the tableau we can Highlight the require part and we can dim all other parts of the sheet.
Running actions:
in tableau we can run the actions in 3 ways
1. hover
2.select
3.menu
Hover:
If you want to run the actions using hover tableau will automatically displays the target values
by placing the pointer on the source value.this option works well for highlight and filter actions.
Select:
If you want to run the actions using select we need to select the required source value to displays the relative target value .this option works well for all the 3 types of actions.
Menu:
IF you want to run the actions using menu we have to select the require source value tableau
automatically display a hyper link we need to click on the hyper link to see the required target this option works well for filter and url actions.