Tableau - Dynamic Parameter Reference

Question

I have a series of parameters in Tableau corresponding to every month in the coming years. The parameter names are all in the format Name - YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the corresponding beginning of the month. I would like to reference the parameter using the current month value (e.g. 2017-11-01).

How can I reference a parameter using something like the following:

["Name "+DATEFUNCTION()]

where DATEFUNCTION() will create the date in the appropriate format. However, this clearly does not work.

Answer 1

Referencing parameter name dynamically is not possible. You can either try to implement your logic of pulling data out of parameters as a single calculated field or use a secondary datasource containing Date,Value,DummyLinkToPrimary fields and filter it on date.