Groups in Tableau: Create Groups, Hierarchy, Sets
โก ะฃะผะฝะพะต ัะตะทัะผะต
Tableau sort data controls the order marks appear in a view, while groups, hierarchies, and sets reshape the dimensions behind them. This page covers every sorting method and each of the three field-shaping features, with the exact dialog steps.

Sort Data in Tableau
ะะฐะฝะฝัะต, ะฟัะตะดััะฐะฒะปะตะฝะฝัะต ะฒ ะฒะธะทัะฐะปะธะทะฐัะธะธ ะธ ะฝะฐ ะปะธััะต, ะผะพะถะฝะพ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะฐัั ะฒ ะทะฐะฒะธัะธะผะพััะธ ะพั ััะตะฑะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน. ะะฝ ะผะพะถะตั ัะพััะธัะพะฒะฐัั ะดะฐะฝะฝัะต ะฟะพ ะฟะพััะดะบั ะธััะพัะฝะธะบะฐ ะดะฐะฝะฝัั , ะฟะพ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะฐะฝะธั, ัะฑัะฒะฐะฝะธั ะธะปะธ ะฒ ะทะฐะฒะธัะธะผะพััะธ ะพั ะปัะฑะพะณะพ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะทะฝะฐัะตะฝะธั.
ะะพััะดะพะบ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะบะธ ัะปะตะดัััะธะน.
ะจะฐะณ 1) ะะตัะตะนะดะธัะต ะฝะฐ ัะฐะฑะพัะธะน ะปะธัั ะธ ะฟะตัะตัะฐัะธัะต ัะฐะทะผะตั ะธ ะผะตัั, ะบะฐะบ ะฟะพะบะฐะทะฐะฝะพ ะฝะฐ ะธะทะพะฑัะฐะถะตะฝะธะธ.
ะะพ ัะผะพะปัะฐะฝะธั ัะพะทะดะฐะตััั ััะพะปะฑัะฐัะฐั ะดะธะฐะณัะฐะผะผะฐ. ะะฐัะตะณะพัะธั, ะฟัะธัััััะฒัััะฐั ะฒ ะฒะธะทัะฐะปัะฝะพะผ ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะต, ัะพััะธััะตััั ะฟะพ ะฟะพััะดะบั ะธััะพัะฝะธะบะฐ ะดะฐะฝะฝัั ะฟะพ ัะผะพะปัะฐะฝะธั. ะั ะผะพะถะตะผ ะธะทะผะตะฝะธัั ะฟะพััะดะพะบ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะบะธ, ะฒัะฟะพะปะฝะธะฒ ัะปะตะดััััั ะฟัะพัะตะดััั.
ะจะฐะณ 2)
- ะฉะตะปะบะฝะธัะต ะฟัะฐะฒะพะน ะบะฝะพะฟะบะพะน ะผััะธ ะฟะพ ะบะฐัะตะณะพัะธะธ.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ะพะฟัะธั ยซะกะพััะธัะพะฒะฐััยป.
ะัะบัะพะตััั ะพะบะฝะพ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะบะธ. ะะฟัะธะธ, ะฟัะตะดััะฐะฒะปะตะฝะฝัะต ะฒ ะพะบะฝะต ัะพััะธัะพะฒะบะธ, ะพะฑัััะฝััััั ัะปะตะดัััะธะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะผ.
ะะพััะดะพะบ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะบะธ:
- ะะพ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะฐะฝะธั: ะฟะพััะดะพะบ ะฒัะฑัะฐะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธั ัะพััะธััะตััั ะฟะพ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะฐะฝะธั.
- ะะพ ัะฑัะฒะฐะฝะธั: ะฟะพััะดะพะบ ะฒัะฑัะฐะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธั ัะพััะธััะตััั ะฟะพ ัะฑัะฒะฐะฝะธั.
ะกะพััะธัะพะฒะฐัั ะฟะพ:
ะะพะปะต ะผะพะถะฝะพ ัะพััะธัะพะฒะฐัั ัะฐะทะฝัะผะธ ัะฟะพัะพะฑะฐะผะธ. ะญัะพ ะพะฑัััะฝัะตััั ัะปะตะดัััะธะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะผ.
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ะ ััะพะผ ะฟัะธะผะตัะต ะบะฐัะตะณะพัะธั ัะพััะธััะตััั ะฝะฐ ะพัะฝะพะฒะต ะดััะณะพะณะพ ะฟะพะปั, ะฐ ะธะผะตะฝะฝะพ ยซะัะพะดะฐะถะธยป.
ะจะฐะณ 3: ะ ััะพะผ ะพะบะฝะต
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะบะฝะพะฟะบั-ะฟะตัะตะบะปััะฐัะตะปั ยซะะพะปะตยป.
- Select the field on which the category is to be sorted.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ัะธะฟ ะฐะณัะตะณะฐัะธะธ.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะบะฝะพะฟะบั OK.
The above example sorts the category field based on the sum of sales in ascending order.
ะะฝ ัะพััะธััะตั ะดะฐะฝะฝัะต, ะบะฐะบ ะฟะพะบะฐะทะฐะฝะพ ะฝะฐ ัะธััะฝะบะต.
Types of Sorting in Tableau
The dialog above is only one of several ways to order a view, and the method chosen decides whether the order survives a filter change or a new data refresh. Four approaches are available.
- Quick sort: The small ascending and descending icons on the toolbar, or the icon that appears when hovering over an axis. One click sorts by the measure already in the view. This is the fastest option and is stored as a computed sort.
- Computed sort: The Sort dialog shown above, driven by a field and an aggregation. Because the order is recalculated each time, it stays correct when filters change or new members arrive.
- Manual sort: Dragging headers into position, or using the arrow buttons in the Sort dialog. The order is stored member by member, so a new member added later will not be placed automatically.
- Nested sort: Applied when two dimensions sit on the same shelf. A normal sort orders members across the whole view, while a nested sort orders them independently inside each pane, which is usually what a reader expects from a grouped bar chart.
One rule prevents most confusion: use a computed sort whenever the data will change, and reserve manual sorting for a fixed list such as a set of five regions that never grows.
Sorting changes the order of members. The remaining features on this page change the members themselves, starting with groups.
ะงัะพ ัะฐะบะพะต Tableau Group?
A ะขะฐะฑะปะพ ะััะฟะฟ ะญัะพ ะฝะฐะฑะพั ะฝะตัะบะพะปัะบะธั ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะพะฒ, ะพะฑัะตะดะธะฝะตะฝะฝัั ะฒ ะพะดะฝะพะผ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะธ ะดะปั ัะพะทะดะฐะฝะธั ะฑะพะปะตะต ะฒััะพะบะพะน ะบะฐัะตะณะพัะธะธ ััะพะณะพ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธั. Tableau ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปัะตั ะณััะฟะฟะธัะพะฒะฐััping Tableau ะฐะฒัะพะผะฐัะธัะตัะบะธ ัะพะทะดะฐะตั ะฝะพะฒะพะต ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะต, ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะปัั ะณััะฟะฟั ะฒ ะบะพะฝะตั ะธะผะตะฝะธ, ะดะปั ะพะดะฝะพะผะตัะฝัั ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะพะฒ. ะัะธ ััะพะผ Tableau ะฝะธะบะฐะบ ะฝะต ะธะทะผะตะฝัะตั ะธัั ะพะดะฝะพะต ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะต ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะพะฒ.
ะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะณััะฟะฟั
ะััะฟะฟะฐ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทัะตััั ะดะปั ะพะฑัะตะดะธะฝะตะฝะธั ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะพะฒ, ะฟัะธัััััะฒัััะธั ะฒ ะฟะพะปะต. ะะฐะฟัะธะผะตั, ะฐะณัะตะณะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัะต ะทะฝะฐัะตะฝะธั ะฟะพะปะตะน ยซะะตะฑะตะปัยป ะธ ยซะะฐะฝัะตะปัััะบะธะต ัะพะฒะฐััยป ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะฟะพะปััะธัั ั ะฟะพะผะพััั ะณััะฟะฟั. ะะพัะปะต ัะพะณะพ, ะบะฐะบ ะณััะฟะฟะฐ ััะพัะผะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะฐ,ping ะะพัะปะต ะพะฑัะฐะฑะพัะบะธ ะดะฐะฝะฝัั ะฒ Tableau, ะฐะณัะตะณะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัะต ะทะฝะฐัะตะฝะธั ะฟะพ ะบะฐัะตะณะพัะธัะผ ยซะะตะฑะตะปัยป ะธ ยซะะฐะฝัะตะปัััะบะธะต ัะพะฒะฐััยป ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะพัะพะฑัะฐะทะธัั ะฒ ะฒะธะทัะฐะปะธะทะฐัะธัั . ะัะพัะตะดััะฐ ะณััะฟะฟะธัะพะฒะบะธ ะดะฐะฝะฝัั ะฒ Tableau ะฟัะตะดััะฐะฒะปะตะฝะฐ โโะฝะธะถะต.
ะจะฐะณ 1)
- ะฉะตะปะบะฝะธัะต ะฟัะฐะฒะพะน ะบะฝะพะฟะบะพะน ะผััะธ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะต ยซะะฐัะตะณะพัะธัยป.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะพะฟัะธั ยซะกะพะทะดะฐััยป.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ะพะฟัะธั ยซะััะฟะฟะฐยป.
ะจะฐะณ 2) ะัะบัะพะตััั ะพะบะฝะพ ยซะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะณััะฟะฟัยป.
- ะะฒะตะดะธัะต ะธะผั ะณััะฟะฟะพะฒัั ะดะฐะฝะฝัั ะฒ ะขะฐะฑะปะธัะต.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ััะฐััะฝะธะบะพะฒ, ะบะพัะพััะต ะฑัะดัั ัะณััะฟะฟะธัะพะฒะฐะฝั.
- Click on โGroupโ button.
ะจะฐะณ 3) ะ ะพะบะฝะต ัะตะดะฐะบัะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะณััะฟะฟั
1. ะกะพะทะดะฐะตั ะณััะฟะฟั ะฒ ะขะฐะฑะปะธัะต ยซะะตะฑะตะปัยป ะธ ยซะะฐะฝัะตะปัััะบะธะต ัะพะฒะฐััยป.
2. ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ยซะะยป, ััะพะฑั ัะพะทะดะฐัั ะณััะฟะฟั.
ะะฝ ัะพะทะดะฐะป ะณััะฟะฟั ะฒ ะขะฐะฑะปะธัะต ั ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะฝะธะตะผ ะะฐัะตะณะพัะธั (Group) ะธ ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะธะป ะฒ ัะฟะธัะพะบ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะน. ะญัะพ ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทะพะฒะฐัั ะดะปั ะฒะธะทัะฐะปะธะทะฐัะธะธ ะณััะฟะฟั ั ะฟะพะผะพััั ะผะตัะพะดะฐ Tableau ะดะปั ัะปะตะฝะพะฒ, ะฟัะธัััััะฒัััะธั ะฒ ะฟะพะปะต.
ะะฐ ัะปะตะดัััะตะผ ะธะทะพะฑัะฐะถะตะฝะธะธ ะฟะพะบะฐะทะฐะฝะฐ ััะฝะบัะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝะพััั ััะฝะบัะธะธ ัะพะทะดะฐะฝะธั ะณััะฟะฟั ะฒ Tableau. ะกัะผะผะฐ ะฟัะพะดะฐะถ ะฒะธะทัะฐะปะธะทะธััะตััั ะบะฐะบ ะดะปั ะผะตะฑะตะปะธ, ัะฐะบ ะธ ะดะปั ะพัะธัะฝัั ะฟัะธะฝะฐะดะปะตะถะฝะพััะตะน ะฒ ัะฐะผะบะฐั ะดะฐะฝะฝะพะน ะณััะฟะฟั.ping ะฒ Tableau.
An โOtherโ bucket can also be added from the same Edit Group window, which collects every member left ungrouped. That is useful when only the top few members matter and the remainder should be summarised into one bar.
ะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั
Hierarchies can be built in Tableau to visualize the data in granular level. Tableau hierarchies can be created by following the given steps.
ะจะฐะณ 1) ะะตัะตะนะดะธัะต ะฝะฐ ัะฐะฑะพัะธะน ะปะธัั.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะต, ััะพะฑั ัะพะทะดะฐัั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั. ะฉะตะปะบะฝะธัะต ะฟัะฐะฒะพะน ะบะฝะพะฟะบะพะน ะผััะธ ัะฐะทะผะตั.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ะพะฟัะธั ยซะะตัะฐัั ะธัยป.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะพะฟัะธั ยซะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธัยป.
ะจะฐะณ 2) ะัะบัะพะตััั ะพะบะฝะพ ยซะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธัยป.
- ะะฒะตะดะธัะต ะธะผั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธะธ.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะบะฝะพะฟะบั OK.
ะะฝ ัะพะทะดะฐะตั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั, ะบะฐะบ ะฟะพะบะฐะทะฐะฝะพ ะฝะฐ ะธะทะพะฑัะฐะถะตะฝะธะธ.
ะั ะผะพะถะตัะต ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะธัั ะตัะต ะพะดะฝะพ ะฟะพะปะต ะฒ ะฟะพะปะต ะธ ัะพะทะดะฐัั ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั. ะ ััะพะผ ะฟัะธะผะตัะต ะณะพัะพะด ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะปัะตััั ะฒ ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั ัััะฐะฝ.
Once the hierarchy is placed on a shelf, a plus sign appears on the field. Clicking it drills the view down to the next level, and the minus sign rolls it back up, so a single worksheet can serve both a country overview and a city detail view.
ะกะฑะพัะพัะฝัะต ะฝะฐะฑะพัั
ะะฐะฑะพัั ัะพะทะดะฐัั ะฝะฐะฑะพั ัะปะตะผะตะฝัะพะฒ ะธะท ะฟะพะปั, ะฟัะธัััััะฒัััะตะณะพ ะฒ ะฝะฐะฑะพัะต ะดะฐะฝะฝัั . ะะฝ ะดะตะนััะฒัะตั ะบะฐะบ ะพัะดะตะปัะฝะพะต ะฟะพะปะต ะธะปะธ ะธะทะผะตัะตะฝะธะต. ะะพััะดะพะบ ะฟะพัััะพะตะฝะธั ะฝะฐะฑะพัะพะฒ ัะปะตะดัััะธะน.
ะจะฐะณ 1) ะะตัะตะนะดะธัะต ะฝะฐ ัะฐะฑะพัะธะน ะปะธัั.
- ะฉะตะปะบะฝะธัะต ะฟัะฐะฒะพะน ะบะฝะพะฟะบะพะน ะผััะธ ัะฐะทะผะตั.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ะพะฟัะธั ยซะกะพะทะดะฐััยป.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะพะฟัะธั ยซะฃััะฐะฝะพะฒะธััยป.
ะจะฐะณ 2) ะัะบัะพะตััั ะพะบะฝะพ ยซะกะพะทะดะฐัั ะฝะฐะฑะพัยป.
- ะะฐะทะพะฒะธัะต ะฝะฐะฑะพั, ะบะพัะพััะน ะฑัะดะตั ัะพะทะดะฐะฝ.
- ะัะฑะตัะธัะต ัะปะตะผะตะฝัั, ะบะพัะพััะต ะฝะตะพะฑั ะพะดะธะผะพ ะดะพะฑะฐะฒะธัั ะฒ ะฝะฐะฑะพั.
- ะะฐะถะผะธัะต ะฝะฐ ะบะฝะพะฟะบั OK.
This creates a set of the given name. Dragging the set onto a shelf splits the view into In and Out, so members inside the set can be compared directly against everything else.
Groups vs Hierarchies vs Sets
All three features create a new field in the Data pane, which is why they are easy to confuse. The table below shows what each one actually does.
| ะฅะฐัะฐะบัะตัะธััะธะบะฐ | ะงัะพ ะพะฝ ะฟัะพะธะทะฒะพะดะธั | ะัะฟะพะปัะทัะนัะต ััะพ, ะบะพะณะดะฐ |
|---|---|---|
| ะ ะณััะฟะฟะต | A new dimension where several members share one label, suffixed with (group) | Members need combining or renaming, for example merging spelling variants of one city |
| ะธะตัะฐัั ะธั | A nested folder of existing dimensions with drill-down controls | Fields have a natural parent and child relationship, such as country, state, and city |
| ะะพััะฐะฒััะต | A two-value In/Out field marking membership | A subset must be isolated or compared against the remainder, such as the top ten customers |
Sets have one capability the other two lack: a dynamic set defined by a condition, such as the top ten customers by sales, refreshes automatically as the data changes. Groups and hierarchies are always fixed by their definition. Once fields are shaped this way, the results are usually presented through the chart types covered in the Tableau charts and graphs ััะตะฑะฝะพะต ะฟะพัะพะฑะธะต.















