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PROPER() Function in Tableau

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Proper function in tableau

Introduced in Tableau 2022.4, proper function is a string function that converts a text string to proper title casing by capitalizing the initial letter of each word while lower-casing all the other letters.

Syntax: PROPER (<String Text>)

Example

converting text into proper title casing in tableau

Using PROPER () function above, I can convert these customer names into proper title casing as shown below.

sample text data converted into proper title casing

Note the same function applies when converting paragraphs of text into proper title casing as shown below.

text paragraph converted into proper title casing

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