By: Oliver Linley
Ollie lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and is passionate about all things data - and all things Tableau! If you have a question, feel free to reach out to him directly via email.
In Excel, we can use Text to Columns to split a string. But what about in Tableau?
Tableau has a built-in function called SPLIT() that allows us to split strings into multiple columns. We’ll take a look at how to indicate to Tableau the number of columns we want to see and how to understand where to split the string.
Want to see how to split names, email address or phone numbers to isolate the meaningful information from the text string? Check out these examples!
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