Create a table in Tableau Public with word wrap on a dimension and a header on a measure shown as text

Question

I want to include a table on a dashboard. I have a product name, a description of that product, and a value:

Product	Description	Value
A	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit.	300
B	Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.	234
C	Ornare quam viverra orci sagittis eu volutpat	496
D	Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.	220
E	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit.	105
F	Aliquam ultrices sagittis orci a scelerisque purus semper eget. Id cursus metus aliquam eleifend mi.	602
G	Et tortor at risus viverra adipiscing at in tellus integer. Quisque egestas diam in arcu cursus euismod quis.	549
H	Ornare quam viverra orci sagittis eu volutpat	419

I expect the table to look something like this:

This is the closest I've come:

There are at least two issues:

1. Word wrap

I can't get word wrap to work on the description. I have changed every format setting I could find to word wrap on:

2. A header for the continuous field

The Value header is missing on the continuous field because Tableau seems to want an axis to label.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '23 at 10:09

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You are very close to it. actually, you have to enable the word wrap and you will then drag the row a little bit below, try doing that and you will see that the text automatically adjusts in your expected format.

For the header, drag measure names to the column pane and measure values to the mark pane text box and then filter the measure names and only select sales (in your case , "Value")

answered Jan 05 '23 at 10:09

Debayan

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Thanks for the help. Adding measure names to the column allowed me to get the header in for Values, but I still can not get word wrapping to work. I have enabled word wrap in every field, column, sheet, header, pane, total, and grand total I can find, and still no wrapping. – Andrew Staroscik Jan 05 '23 at 14:46
As i said, you need to drag between the lines (rows) and it will adjust itself – Debayan Jan 05 '23 at 14:55
I understand that is standard behavior for word wrap, but it is not adjusting. I slide, and it does not change. – Andrew Staroscik Jan 05 '23 at 16:01
ok so this is partially solved i guess, – Debayan Jan 05 '23 at 16:11
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Yes. I still have no idea why the wrapping isn't working. Thanks for your help. – Andrew Staroscik Jan 05 '23 at 23:56
feel free to reach out here at the community : https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/debayan.kar – Debayan Jan 06 '23 at 05:06

Create a table in Tableau Public with word wrap on a dimension and a header on a measure shown as text

1. Word wrap

2. A header for the continuous field

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