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Joshua N. Milligan
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Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
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Designing dashboards in Tableau

No matter your objective or approach, the practical task of designing a dashboard in Tableau will look similar each time. In this section, we will go through some fundamental concepts.

Using objects

Dashboards are made up of objects that are arranged on a canvas.

You’ll see a list of objects that can be added to a dashboard in the left-hand pane of a dashboard:

Figure 8.1: Objects available to add to a dashboard

The pane includes these objects:

  • Horizontal: A layout container within which other objects will be arranged in a single row (horizontally).
  • Vertical: A layout container within which other objects will be arranged in a single column (vertically).
  • Text: An object that allows you to include richly formatted text in your dashboard.
  • Image: An image (for example, .gif, .png, or .jpeg) that can be positioned and sized on your dashboard. Optionally, you may set a URL for navigation when a...
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Joshua N. Milligan

Joshua N. Milligan is a Hall of Fame Tableau Zen Master and 2017 Iron Viz Global finalist. His passion is training, mentoring, and helping people gain insights and make decisions based on their data through data visualization using Tableau and data cleaning and structuring using Tableau Prep. He is a principal consultant at Teknion Data Solutions, where he has served clients in numerous industries since 2004.
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