# Animations on by default :New in Tableau 2021.2

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-06-27
- **Format:** Video · 2 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (animations, dashboards, formatting)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/animations-on-by-default-new-in-tableau-2021-2
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbjGtAhXo2k

I walk through a small but notable change in Tableau 2021.2: animations are now on by default. I show where the animation setting lives under formatting and explain the sensible 0.7-second default duration.

## Key takeaways

- Animations were introduced in Tableau 2020.1 and are now on by default from 2021.2 onwards
- You'll find the animation control under Format > Animations, where the default option is set to On
- The default animation duration is 0.7 seconds, which Tableau has chosen as a sensible balance
- If you don't want animations appearing in your dashboards, you can simply switch them off as the author

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/animations-on-by-default-new-in-tableau-2021-2

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