# View data improvements in under a minute #Short

> 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:** 2022-03-30
- **Format:** Short · 1 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (view data)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/view-data-improvements-in-under-a-minute-short
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8C-2T4LaNM

I walk through the improved View Data experience introduced in Tableau 22.1, comparing the dated old interface with the new one. I show how the new view adds column metadata, sortable fields, reordering controls and the ability to add fields while preserving order on export.

## Key takeaways

- Tableau 22.1 replaces the old, cumbersome View Data interface with a cleaner, more flexible one
- The new View Data shows metadata about individual columns
- You can sort and reorder fields using arrows, plus jump to the start or end of the field list
- You can add specific fields to the view, and the chosen order is preserved when you export

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/view-data-improvements-in-under-a-minute-short

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