How to Build a Dynamic Date Range Filter in Tableau

By: Eric Parker

Eric Parker lives in Seattle and has been teaching Tableau and Alteryx since 2014. He's helped thousands of students solve their most pressing problems. If you have a question, feel free to reach out to him directly via email. You can follow him on LinkedIn or sign up for a Tableau Office Hour to work with him directly!

Do you want to build a customizable, dynamic date range filter in Tableau?

For example, imagine you want the filter to default to the last 14 days ending with today's date, but you'd like your user to be able to adjust the end date and number of days in that filter.

That combination of functionality is not available out-of-the-box in Tableau, but with some creativity, parameters and calculations, it's possible!

Check out this video to learn how you can create a totally customizable dynamic date range filter for your Tableau dashboards!

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