Date Functions - Tableau
help.tableau.com › current › proDATEPARSE(date_format, [date_string]) Returns [date_string] as a date. The date_format argument will describes how the [string] field is arranged. Because of the variety of ways the string field can be ordered, the date_format must match exactly. For a full explanation, see Convert a field to a date field. Example:
String Functions - Tableau
help.tableau.com › functions_functions_stringENDSWITH (string, substring) Returns true if the given string ends with the specified substring. Trailing white spaces are ignored. Example: ENDSWITH (“Tableau”, “leau”) = true. FIND. FIND (string, substring, [start]) Returns the index position of substring in string , or 0 if the substring isn't found.
Tableau truncating strings to 1024 characters
community.tableau.com › s › questionHowever, connecting to the table in Tableau truncates the strings to 1024 characters. The screenshot is an ID, the text, and the text length. As you can see, it maxes out at 1024: In the server, the text string field is formatted as `text`. Would this string truncation be solved if it was formatted to varchar(5000) or something like that?