Tableau Prep uses standard keyboard shortcuts for managing files, navigating flows, editing data, and searching across your steps and calculations. This topic provides a comprehensive reference of available keyboard shortcuts in Tableau Prep.

For information on general keyboard shortcuts across Tableau products, see Keyboard Shortcuts(Link opens in a new window) in the Tableau Desktop help.

Shortcuts for global navigation and search

Supported in Tableau Prep Builder, Tableau Cloud, and Tableau Server version 2026.3 and later.

Use this shortcut to quickly search across your flow steps, clean steps, calculations, and field expressions.

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Search flow	Ctrl+K	Command+K

Shortcuts file and flow operations

Use these shortcuts to create, save, open, and publish your Tableau Prep flows.

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Open file	Ctrl+O	Command+O
New flow	Ctrl+N	Command+N
Save file	Ctrl+S	Command+S
Save file as	Alt+Ctrl+S	Shift+Command+S
Run All	Ctrl+R	Command+R
Publish flow	F10	Not available
Quit	Ctrl+Q	Command+Q

Shortcuts editing and data operations

Use these shortcuts to perform standard editing, clipboard actions, and selection management in the data grid or profile pane.

Description	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Command+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Shift+Command+Z
Cut	Ctrl+X	Command+X
Copy	Ctrl+C	Command+C
Paste	Ctrl+V	Command+V
Select All	Ctrl+A	Command+A
Copy data grid values	Ctrl+C	Command+C