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Understanding Red Exclamation Marks in Tableau

Дата публикации: Sep 11, 2025
Задача
Information about the red exclamation marks in Tableau Desktop and Tableau Bridge, and how to resolve them. 
Действия
Red exclamation marks will appear when something is invalid. Hover over the red mark to view the exact error. Such exclamation marks can occur in the following scenarios.
  • A calculated field is invalid. For more information, see Tips for working with Calculated Fields in Tableau Help.
  • A field no longer exists after you connect to a new data source. For more information, see Edit Data Sources in Tableau Help.
  • You are working with pivots and a red exclamation mark appears next to a field. See the section "Troubleshooting pivots" in Pivot your Data in Tableau Help. 
  • When using a cross-database join, the join keys do not match . For more information, see the section "Broken cross-database joins" in Troubleshooting Joins in Tableau Help. 
    • Note: the red exclamation mark will also appear if no join can be used or if the data source has been removed after performing the join.
  • You are unable to perform a refresh with Tableau Bridge. For more information, see step "3. Embed database credentials into the connection information" in Use Tableau Bridge to Keep Tableau Cloud Data Fresh in Tableau Help. 
Дополнительные ресурсы

Hover over the red mark to understand what is invalid. 

Troubleshooting Data Sources

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