Hi, I have several charts. For example, 2025 is yellow and 2026 is green. Then I extract refresh the dashboard and all the colors change: 2025 is red and 2026 is blue. After that, I change 2025 to yellow and 2026 to green, but when I extract refresh the colors change again to red and blue. This happens on Tuesday, on Monday all is fine.
I try to update Tableau desktop or create new graph, but it keeps happening.
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Hi Dila,
Whether the color assignments are tied to the actual Year values or whether Tableau is reassigning colors when the data changes after the extract refresh.
• Is Year being used as a discrete dimension or as a continuous measure?
• Do any new values or NULL values appear after the refresh?
• Are the colors manually assigned through Edit Colors?
I've seen similar behavior when the members of a dimension change after an extract refresh. Tableau can sometimes reassign colors if new categories appear or if the sort order changes.
you might try using a custom color palette and explicitly mapping each value through Edit Colors.
