Select An Org
Merge Mismatched Fields With Certain Patterns After Wildcard Union in Tableau Desktop
Publish Date: Apr 28, 2026
Task
e.g. fields that match a certain pattern will be automatically merged together (like 2022*)
For example, manually merging the fields with different names after wildcard union works well.
However, after another CSV file was added by the wildcard union, another mismatched field appears.
How to automatically merge the fields with different names after wildcard union.
Steps
Please consider the following workaround options.
Option 1:
Manually merge the mismatched fields after the files in the wildcard union have changed.Option 2:
Rename the fields in data sources, so that the merging fields have one single name.In the example below, the field names should be changed to [date].
Additional Resources
Knowledge Article Number
001458438
Did this article solve your issue?
Let us know so we can improve!
