Why do we use Lasso and other such tools in Tableau?

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Tableau offers us different kinds of selection tools like,

  • Lasso selection tool : In a lasso selection tool, we select data points by drawing a free shape over an area. This free shape usually resembles a lasso.
  • Radial selection tool : In radial selection method, there is a circle of a certain diameter (depending upon your area of selection) that is drawn over an area.
  • Rectangular selection tool: When you use this tool, there is a rectangle drawn over the area that you select. The area will contain the data points that we wish to select. In all the selection methods, the selected area is shown in blue.

The selection tools are used to select a particular group of values so that we can focus our analysis just on that set of values.

All these three types of selection methods are based on the shape of the selection area i.e. circular in radial, free shape in lasso and a rectangle in rectangular selection tool.