# Filter and sort in Lineage | New in Tableau 2023.2

> 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:** 2023-08-18
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data prep, Analytics
- **Tools:** Tableau (data management, lineage, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/filter-and-sort-in-lineage-new-in-tableau-2023-2
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iITxGHacucw

I walk through the new filter and sort capabilities in the lineage tab introduced in Tableau 2023.2. I show how to reach the lineage view, why certification and sensitivity labels matter, and how to quickly filter fields by name or sort them by usage across sheets.

## Key takeaways

- The lineage tab is reached via the Explore tab, then a specific data source, then the lineage view at the end of the tabs.
- Lineage requires the Data Management add-on on Tableau Server, which many organisations don't have enabled by default.
- You can now type a field name to filter the lineage field list rather than scrolling alphabetically, which helps with large data sources.
- Fields can be sorted alphabetically or ordered by how heavily they are used across sheets and workbooks.
- Lineage surfaces certification status and inherited sensitivity labels from upstream or downstream metadata.

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/filter-and-sort-in-lineage-new-in-tableau-2023-2

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