What is a Tableau worksheet?

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Tableau uses a workbook and sheet file structure, much like Microsoft Excel. A workbook contains sheets. A sheet can be a worksheet, a dashboard, or a story. A worksheet contains a single view along with shelves, cards, legends, and the Data and Analytics panes in its side bar.

A Tableau worksheet is a single view sheet that can contain numerous visualizations.

A typical Tableau worksheet consists of elements like shelves, cards, Show Me menu, legends, filters, Data and Analytics pane, and a blank area to create the visualizations on.

Anything that we create on Tableau starts with creating a basic Tableau worksheet.

We can use one or more worksheets to create workbooks, dashboards, stories, etc.

Tableau uses a workbook and sheet file structure, much like Microsoft Excel. A workbook contains sheets. A sheet can be a worksheet, a dashboard, or a story.

  • A worksheet contains a single view along with shelves, cards, legends, and the Data and Analytics panes in its side bar. For details on the worksheet workspace, see The Tableau Workspace.
  • A dashboard is a collection of views from multiple worksheets. The Dashboard and Layout panes are available in its side bar. For more details about creating dashboards, see Dashboards.
  • A story contains a sequence of worksheets or dashboards that work together to convey information. The Story and Layout panes are available in its side bar. For more details about creating stories, see Stories.

Each workbook can contain different types of sheets: views (also known as worksheets), dashboards, and stories.

  • A worksheet is where you build views of your data by dragging and dropping fields onto shelves.

  • A dashboard is a combination of several views that you can arrange for presentation or to monitor.

  • A story is a sequence of views or dashboards that work together to convey information.

The sheets display along the bottom of the workbook as tabs. In this section you’ll learn how to create, open, duplicate, hide, and delete sheets. You’ll also learn how to organize sheets in a workbook.

Within a workbook, you can create new sheets, clear an entire worksheet, duplicate sheets, hide or show a worksheet, and delete a sheet. Tableau has several ways to view and organize the sheets in your workbook.