Other ways to improve performance

To conclude this chapter, let’s consider a few other possibilities for improving performance.

Avoid overcrowding a dashboard

Often, end users want to see everything at once on a dashboard. Although this may be perceived as beneficial, it often is not. Consider the inclusion of a large crosstab on a dashboard. Does scrolling through pages of details add to the analytical value of the dashboard? Perhaps the answer is “no.” Furthermore, an excess of information on a dashboard may obscure important insights. Diplomatically arguing for leaner dashboards may lead to better decision making as well as better performance.

Fixing dashboard sizing

Dashboards can be set to an exact size or to Range or Automatic. Exact size results in quicker performance because once Tableau Server has rendered a view for one end user, that render stays in the cache and can be reused for the next end user that accesses that dashboard. Automatic...