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Asterisks Display in Tableau Tooltips

Publiceringsdatum: May 3, 2026
Beskrivning

When hovering over a mark in a Tableau view, the tooltip shows asterisks (*) for the corresponding fields.

Cause

Dimensions are added to the tooltip using the ATTR aggregation. The asterisk is actually a visual indicator of a special type of Null value that occurs when there are multiple members that apply to the mark.

Lösning

Here are some options when asterisks are being shown in a Tableau view.

Option 1

Add another copy of the dimension(s) on the tooltip to another place in the view, such as Details on the Marks card, or on the Rows or Columns shelf. Ensure that the dimension is not aggregated with something like MIN() or ATTR().

Option 2

Create another worksheet that lists out all dimension values and include that worksheet as a viz in the tooltip. For more information on how to use this feature, see Create Views in Tooltips

Option 3

Use table calculations to create a concatenated list of all dimension values. For detailed directions, see Creating a String List to Display in a Tooltip

Ytterligare resurser

When using data blending, asterisks are typically displayed when there are more than one matching member in the secondary dimension for each mark. For this issue, see Troubleshooting Data Blending: Asterisks show in the sheet.

To voice your support for the inclusion of this enhancement in a future product release, add your vote to the following Salesforce Idea: Concatenate field values across rows into comma-separated list.

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001473645

 
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