
Hi All,
I have data source in Excel file with dynamic column name:
Example :
For Year = 2018, the data source looks like this:
ItemJan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Jun-18Jul-18Aug-18Sep-18Oct-18Nov-18Dec-18A122436485106127148169190211232B1336597129161193225257289321353
For Year = 2019, the header of year and month column will change to be like this:
ItemJan-19Feb-19Mar-19Apr-19May-19Jun-19Jul-19Aug-19Sep-19Oct-19Nov-19Dec-19A122436485106127148169190211232B1336597129161193225257289321353
I need to pivot the data so the period (year and month) will become row:
ItemPeriodValueAJan-181BJan-181AFeb-1822BFeb-1833
When I used tableau to pivot the columns, it works but then when the data source year and month column change when there is year changes (from 2018 to 2019), it doesn't pivot the new year and month.
Is there a way to handle this in tableau without writing ETL/script outside tableau to pivot the data
Thanks,
Ratna

No, it is not possible.
We do not have access to the source system
The user will need to open the excel and using add-in to refresh the data in the excel
We can only use this excel as data source.