Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Geocoding using other geographic fields

Another way to create custom territories is to geocode a custom location field present in the data based on other fields.

For example, we want to add the Region field to Location Hierarchy. To achieve this, right-click on the Region field. Select Geographic Role | Create From | Country. This adds the field to the location hierarchy and the globe shape denoting a geographic field appears next to it:

Bring the Region field onto the Labels shelf. You can see the custom location on the map now appear as shown in the following screenshot:

Using this method, you can view any custom territory that you have ...