---
schema_version: "1"
id: 7c27ebb25c7076fe138e2ee804afa703f6877b7818feb314985181000a749d5c
title: Actions
collection: tableau
version: current
locale: en-gb
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/tableau/current/en-gb/public/desktop/actions.md
canonical_url: https://help.tableau.com/current/public/desktop/en-gb/actions.htm
source_site: help.tableau.com
content_type: documentation
content_hash: 4c8ff57f96ace59e594a5e4a5f0215290f66e66d43532ce64a6af648f2968685
description: Add interactivity with filter, highlight, URL, parameter, and set actions that respond to user selections.
---
[Skip to main content](#main-content)

# Actions

Add context and interactivity to your data by using actions. Users interact with your visualisations by selecting or hovering over marks or selecting a link in a tooltip menu. The actions you set up can respond with navigation and changes in the view.

For example, in a dashboard showing home sales by neighbourhood, actions can show relevant information for a selected neighbourhood. Selecting a neighbourhood in one view can highlight a map, filter a list of houses and open a webpage of relevant census data. For related information and examples, see [A Rough Guide to Dashboard Actions](https://public.tableau.com/en-gb/s/blog/2015/06/rough-guide-dashboard-actions) on the Tableau Public blog.

## Types of actions

There are several types of actions, each with a different purpose:

- **Filter**. Use the data from one view to filter data in another.
- **Highlight**. Call attention to marks of interest by dimming all others.
- **Go to URL**. Create hyperlinks to external resources, such as a web page or file.
- **Go to Sheet**. Simplify navigation to other worksheets, dashboards or stories in the same workbook.
- **Change Parameter**. Let users change parameter values by directly interacting with marks on a viz.
- **Change Set Values**. Let users change the values in a set by directly interacting with marks on a viz.

## Order of operations

Actions are carried out by Tableau in a specific order:

1. Parameter
2. Set
3. Filter
4. Go to sheet
5. Highlight
6. Go to URL

Within each type, actions are performed in alphabetical order. That is, if there are two filter actions, _‘A Filter Action’_ is performed before _‘This is a Filter’_.

## Other articles in this section