Tableau cannot horizontally scroll in worksheets

Question

I am using Tableau for data visualization and generating lists that can be exported to Excel.

However, when the amount of columns get too big, I cannot see all my columns in the view (They are there though). The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a horizontal scrollbar. I can scroll vertically through my rows, but I haven't found a way to do this horizontally to look through my columns, the same way you would do at the data source tab.

If anyone could help me to figure out how to achieve this that would be awesome! I am using Tableau Desktop version 2018.3 on a Mac.

Edit: The problem also seems to be on Windows and is not related to the maximum amount of columns or the view mode.

Example image of the described problem

Solution 1

You are not getting scrollbar because you are viewing it on a worksheet. Try putting it on the dashboard and set dashboard size to fixed and increase width to accommodate all columns. now you will get horizontal scrollbar for sure

thanks

Solution 2

Tableau shows a horizontal scroll bar for measures, but not for dimensions. When only dimensions are included on either the Columns or Rows shelf, the lower horizontal scroll bar will not display. Dimensions are treated as headers for measure aggregations and do not generate a horizontal scroll bar when they exceed the width of the view.

Solution 3

Besides updating the horizontal row/column label limit @Bernardo mentioned here:

You'll need to make sure you've have selected "Standard" from the display option list at the top of the screen. That options prevent Tableau from fitting everything into the height, width or view of your current display.

Comments

[Niels]

Thanks for your answer. However, my view is already on Standard and the problem doesn't actually relate to the maximum amount of columns. The maximum is at 16 already, but I simply cannot see further than my screen size allows me to.

[robcrock]

And you don't get a scrollbar, right? If your table extends path the width of your screen and your display is set to "Standard" you should be able to scroll to see the overflow. What's different between your screen and the images I shared? It might help if you share a couple of screenshots.

[Niels]

Thanks for your clarification. Do you also have a suggested workaround for working with too many dimensions perhaps?

[Mehul Katara]

As an alternative, you can drag dimensions to Detail. When you drag dimensions to Detail, they will appear in the marks' tooltip. Tooltips can be formatted and customized to contain multiple dimensions in any order desired.

[Niels]

This actually worked for me. Once the sheet was on a dashboard with a fixed width that was big enough, the scrollbar appeared and I could scroll to the end. Thanks a lot for your suggestion @Vishal!