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Working with Dates in Tableau: Optimizing Date Selection Logic

Ben Calder and Kent Sloan

October 12, 2021

In the previous post, we discussed the benefits of supplementing traditional to-date reporting periods with rolling periods. In this post, we will dive into the optimal practices (and not-so-optimal practices) for creating the logic for effective Date Selection calculations in Tableau Desktop. Common Date Functions Before we...