How To Turn Off Highlighting In Tableau

When you create graphs in tableau and click on a selected field, everything else turns grey. (See example below)

If you want to turn that off, there are multiple ways to do this.

(Personally think method 2 is easier & quicker)

This bit is the same for both

  • Create a new calculated field and put anything random in it. (If you use a string make sure you set quotation around it for example; "hi")
  • It will give it to you as a measure (green). You will have to drag it up into the dimensions pane (blue).
  • Now its blue, place the highlight field into details in the marks pane

Method 1:

  • Click Shift + Ctrl +A to open up the actions page
  • Select This Sheet -> Add Action -> Highlight
  • Pick your run action
  • Target highlighting -> Selected Field -> Our highlight field we created

Now it should work


Method 2:

  • Click on the highlight button and select the "highlight field" we created.
  • Now it should work

Note: I now realise I should have remained my new field something other than "highlight" as it can get confusing. "Dummy" would have been better to show.

Author:
Maha Hussari
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