# Tableau Dynamic axis titles | New in Tableau 2023.1

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- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-03-15
- **Format:** Video · 5 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (calculated fields, formatting, parameters)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-dynamic-axis-titles-new-in-tableau-2023-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCwyi5KwoC4

I walk through the new dynamic axis titles feature in Tableau 2023.1, showing how to make an axis title update automatically based on a parameter selection. I also demonstrate the second way the feature works, using single-value columns as axis labels.

## Key takeaways

- Dynamic axis titles let you bind an axis title to a parameter value via Edit Axis, so the title updates as the selection changes
- Using a numerical (integer) parameter instead of a text parameter loads slightly faster
- The feature only works cleanly when measures share the same unit, as Tableau still won't remember separate number formatting per axis
- A single-value column (a field containing only one value across the whole dataset) can also be used as an axis title label, adding extra flexibility

## Chapters

- 0:06 Setting up the parameter and metric
- 0:31 Building the dynamic chart
- 1:06 Applying dynamic axis titles
- 1:40 Limitations with number formatting
- 2:50 Using single-value columns as labels

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/tableau-dynamic-axis-titles-new-in-tableau-2023-1

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