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Quick Tip: Refit Clusters after refreshing extracts on Tableau Desktop

Ever make a saved cluster in Tableau, only to have it disappear when you refresh data? Learn how to fix it fast!

It’s Quick Tip time for Tableau Desktop!

After working with Tableau’s clustering capabilities for a while, I came across a situation where all my saved clusters disappeared after refreshing extracts.

Well… the saved cluster didn’t disappear, it just all turned the same color and didn’t cluster.

Unfortunately I haven’t remembered every page of Tableau documentation yet so I got tripped up. But the fix was simple, and here it is.

Quick Tip: Right-click your saved cluster and select Refit.

A short YouTube video I made

This is truly a quick tip, but might relieve some panic when your data refreshes and all your beautiful clusters get washed out.

A Final Note

If you haven’t jumped into Tableau clustering before, there are some really good blogs and documentation around it. Here are a few links:

Thanks for reading!

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