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Status bar explain data enhancements in Tableau 2020.1

Tableau 2020.1 finally lets you resize the Explain Data window and peek behind the curtain with a new status bar.

Tim Ngwena •25 February 2020 •1 min read •3 min watch •866

Part ofWhat's new in Tableau 2020.1

Explain Data in 2020.1 lets you resize the analysis window, turning it into more of an ad hoc exploration tool
A new status bar at the bottom shows how many fields were considered in the analysis, e.g. 18 of 33
Clicking the status bar icon exposes a description of what the underlying machine learning analysis did
You retain prior capabilities: spinning off charts from a view and viewing the underlying field data
With multiple measures on rows, columns or marks, each view's analysis appears in separate tabs

0:00In Tableau 2020.1 Tableau continues to

0:06enhance the new feature they added in 2019

0:09called

0:09Explain Data.

0:11And in this version what they've done is

0:13they've added a status bar and some small

0:15enhancements

0:16to the feature.

0:17So let's dive into the product and see what

0:19they've done.

0:20What you can see here is a chart where I've

0:23got profit ratio on columns and profit on

0:25rows.

0:27And if you've used Explain Data, you'd know

0:29that if you click on a particular data item

0:32and then you hit this icon over here, you

0:34get the ability to dig into that data.

0:37And Tableau does some machine learning in

0:39the background to kind of give you some

0:41context

0:41of what's going on.

0:43Now this particular data point isn't that

0:45revealing, so let me choose a different one

0:47.

0:48Let me choose this one here.

0:49Okay.

0:50So let's go ahead and do that again and

0:54click on this icon.

0:56When that happens, Tableau does some

0:58analysis.

0:59And you can see here that I've got a little

1:01bit more analysis to go off.

1:02So one of the new enhancements in 2020.1 is

1:06that I can actually resize this window.

1:08I previously wasn't able to do that.

1:10Okay.

1:11And I can still move it around like before,

1:13but I can now resize this so that it

1:14becomes

1:14more of an ad hoc analysis tool.

1:17This allows me to just navigate this

1:19particular sort of view a little bit easier

1:22.

1:22The other enhancement is that they've added

1:24this status bar here at the bottom.

1:26So you'll see here that they've added this

1:29bar at the bottom that tells me 18 of 33

1:32fields

1:32were considered in this analysis.

1:34And if I actually hit that icon, I get this

1:37description of basically what was going on

1:40in that analysis.

1:41So they started to expose what's going on

1:44behind the scenes a little bit.

1:46But we still don't quite see some

1:48information about how each field sort of

1:51played a role

1:52in this analysis, if that makes sense.

1:54But you still have the same capabilities

1:57you did before, the ability to sort of spin

1:59off

1:59charts from this particular view by

2:02clicking on this icon over here.

2:04And also being able to see the field for

2:06data behind a particular data point as you

2:09were

2:09able to before.

2:10And also don't forget that if you have

2:12multiple measures on columns and rows or

2:14even the marks

2:15pane, you see that analysis in separate

2:17tabs.

2:18So each analysis is focused on one view.

2:23Be sure to catch some of my other videos on

2:25explained data in previous versions.

2:27I think I have two from the past.

2:29So I'll link those in the descriptions

2:31below.

2:31Otherwise, if you've enjoyed this video,

2:33hit the like button.

2:34If not, drop me a comment below.

2:36Let me know what kind of content you'd like

2:38to see in the future.

2:38(audience laughter)

In this release, Explain data continues to get enhancements to make it faster and make it surface more context for how it analyses your data. Find out more on the tableau blog: https://help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/whatsnew\_desktop.htm#ExDWiderDataStatusBarBe sure to check out out my professional home, @The Information Lab for more great Tableau, Alteryx and AWS content. Visit my blog https://tableautim.com Say hi on twitter: https://twitter.com/tableautim?l -----Join my Discord Server. https://discord.gg/shBuxXr it’s a little sparse at the moment but hang in there.