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How to plot missing data from a custom background in Tableau

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Channel: Tableau · 2018 · Science & Technology

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How to plot missing data from a custom background in Tableau

In this silent video, you'll learn how to plot missing data from a custom background in Tableau in order to build a view based on a custom background map and custom shapes.

Read the full article here: Building a View based on a Custom Background Map and Custom Shapes -  https://kb.tableau.com/articles/howto/building-a-view-based-on-a-custom-background-map-and-custom-shapes

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If your data set is missing some X and/or Y coordinates, you can easily find them from the view. 
​1. Right-click the position of the missing point ; select Annotate and then Point...
2. Click OK in the Edit Annotation dialog. 
3. Format how both the X and Y numbers are displayed. 
 In this article's example, we choose to set the decimal to 4 so that the rest of our data set matches. 
4. Add the missing X and Y data to your data source. 
5. Refresh the data source.

Related solutions: 
Change the shape of marks - https://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/help.html#viewparts_marks_markproperties.html#ShapeProp

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