Zip Code Data Points on a Map View

1. City
2. County
3. Zip Code
4. CBSA/MSA
5. Area Code
6. State
7. Country/Region

When you place multiple geographic fields on Detail on the Marks card, Tableau plots the data points in the field with the highest geographic role on this list.

For example, suppose you have a view that uses both city and zip code fields on Detail. Because the city field is higher on the list than the zip code field, Tableau plots the city data points in the view. When the city field is removed, the points in the view shift to show the points associated with the zip code field, because it is the next highest field on the list.

To keep the city field on Detail but plot the points in the zip code field, consider changing the city field into an attribute or set the geographic role of that field to None:

• To change a field into an attribute, right-click the field in the view and select Attribute.
• To set a field's geographic role to None, right-click the geographic field in the Data pane and select Geographic Role > None.