Tableau Default Date to Latest Date| Using Date Filter| Using Dynamic Parameter

How to set default Date to latest date in Tableau using Date Filter and Dynamic Parameter| Tableau Default Date | Dynamic Parameter. Tableau tutorial for beginners

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00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Connect to Sample Superstore Database
01:38 - How to use Date Filter to default the dashboard date to latest value
02:57 - How to use Dynamic Parameter to default the dashboard date to latest value

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[vsagarb]

Thanks, helped for current value - default value in Parameter

[manmeetkaur-udti]

Thanks Gurpreet, much appreciated for looking for the option for filter

[mcgrady]

Is there a way to have a [Start Date] and [End Date] parameter filters as a field where the user can manually enter data or select from a calendar, AND have the [End Date] default to the latest date? I know we would need to use the "Range" section when we edit the parameters, but curious if there is a way to have the end date as the latest date by default but the user would be able to select other dates if they wanted to

[attilajuhasz]

Thanks for the video! In what situation shall we use the second solution? (since the first was much easier imo). thanks

[shashinadh]

Hi, can we achieve cascading parameters functionality in Tableau. Similar to the cascading filters, I want to see only the relevant values of parameter 1 in the parameter 2 values list?

[arunbabu]

Hey,
I need to show range of dates as default date (last month) instead of a single date. How can I do that ?

[malvika]

Hello Sir, I am not getting the max date calculated field in the current vali drop down in the parameter. It is not letting me select the max date as when the work book opens.

[nehap]

Hi can you pls tell me how can I sort data which is in parameter, basically I have created a parameter for date and gave show parameter control since I cannot frag parameter to the filter, so how can I sort my dates

[varunkumar-hvsz]

How can we put current month as default in my dashboard show current month as default and when the month change automatically can change the month

[AliciaMarkoe]

Thank you 🦋
I see that mcgrady564 and others are asking similar question.

It seems like it should be possible, but I can't actually get it done. Would really like a video for this, if it is possible?

The problem is to have two of the defaulted parameters controlling how the filters start out, but still allow the end user to change either or both of the dates via Type In (calendar date picker).

Can you have two different ones? for example the "latest date" and also "latest date - 5 days" ? I can only get one to work but not two. I would like to have filter "Start Date" and filter "End Date" to default to 5 days ago and today, unless there is no data for today, so it will have End Date as the greatest date available in the data and the start date just 5 days before that one. Seems like it should be possible, but I can't get it to work.