Level Up: Custom Labels in Tableau

In today’s Level Up post, we explore creating custom labels in Tableau to suit the values in a field, like making singular and plural variations.

The Level Up series is designed to take Tableau beginners from out-of-the-box functionality to the next level of design and analytics, and features tip and tricks to make your dashboards more professional and polished. Click here to see all posts in the series.

Adding extra text details to your labels in Tableau makes visuals easier to interpret and clearer. But what happens when the text doesn’t work for every single value in your data? This often comes up when you have both singular and plural values. If the label above said “One speak English”, it would seem a lot less credible! In this post, I’ll show you how to use a calculated field to customize the text in your labels.

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