CSV ("crosstab") Output
WARNING: It's easy to create views that Tableau cannot accurately render in .csv format output. See also: Tableau - Export measure fields to csv The The output to We recommend mentally translating "crosstab" to "raw data in a widely used format".
Most views have complex structures that cannot be rendered in .csv format. The software gives no warning when this condition occurs and the .csv output that results is unpredictable.Notes:
csv
option is also variously known as crosstab or crosstab to Excel on some DSA/Tableau screens and in documentation.csv
must be a simple table with column labels from a single view. Do not put row labels, totals or other so-called "crosstab" features in the view.
Use Export Data instead of Crosstab
On Tableau Web Server version 2020.2.3
Export > Data may produce properly formatted .csv files while Export > Crosstab will not.
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