Sets in Tableau (Sets, Action Sets, User Sets)

Types of sets in Tableau 

1. Sets

2. Action Sets (Automatically created by Tableau while creating action filters)

3. User Sets  (Automatically created by Tableau while creating Tableau server users)

Tableau displays sets at the bottom of the Data pane and labels them with the set icon .

When you drag a set to the view, you can choose to aggregate the members using In/Out mode or to list all of the individual members of the set. See Using Sets to learn more about these modes.

Sets can be automatically generated as a result of an action. These sets are indicated by the action set icon . See Actions.

Finally, when working with workbooks connected to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, User Filters display in the Sets area of the Data pane using the user filter set icon user. See User Filtering.

If you are connected to a relational data source, creating a set that is based on a continuous date field will use the exact dates instead.