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Mastering Tableau 2026 - Fifth Edition
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Scaffolding is a technique that introduces a second data source through blending to reshape and/or extend the initial data source. Scaffolding enables capabilities that extend Tableau to meet visualization and analytical needs that may otherwise be exceedingly difficult or altogether impossible. Joe Mako, who pioneered scaffolding in Tableau, tells a story in which he used the technique to recreate a dashboard using four worksheets. The original dashboard, which did not use scaffolding, required 80 worksheets painstakingly aligned pixel by pixel.
Among the many possibilities that scaffolding enables is extending Tableau's forecasting functionality. Tableau's native forecasting capabilities are sometimes criticized for lacking sophistication. Scaffolding can be used to address this criticism.
The following are the steps: