Get an overview of best practices for creating/refining dashboards in Tableau.
- [Narrator] Though building dashboards…takes a bit of creativity,…there is as much a science to it as an art.…There are some key best practices for designing…and building Tableau dashboards.…So really our five key design principles,…you need relevant metrics,…we want to make it visual,…we want to make it interactive,…we want to make it easy to use…and we always want to focus on improving it.…So the first one, you need to pick relevant metrics.…At the heart of the dashboards are a visual tool…to help people view and interpret data,…but we also want to make sure that our metrics matter.…
This really fits in with our design process,…but it's important to get stakeholders involved…so that we can identify the metrics…to be included in our dashboard…so we want to get our stakeholders involved early…even before maybe we even start analyzing the data…and we want to remember if it doesn't get measured,…it doesn't get improved…so we only want to focus on the metrics that we're interested…in improving or taking action on.…
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12/2/2016- Sketching your designs
- Formatting data
- Creating cross-data joins
- Creating visuals
- Grouping data
- Using stories vs. tabs
- Changing chart measures and types with interactive parameters
- Making iterations and improvements on your Tableau dashboard design
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome36s
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1. Tableau Dashboards
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Why Tableau?3m 38s
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Sketching the design2m 34s
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2. Worksheet Design
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Tableau data format4m 26s
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Cross-data joins4m 40s
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Data quality check6m 41s
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Creating visuals4m 8s
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Applying design requirements1m 17s
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Using calculated fields2m 59s
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Creating sets3m 19s
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Reference lines4m 54s
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3. Dashboard Design
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Dashboard hierarchy6m 20s
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Story vs. tabs3m 25s
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Dashboard objects5m 39s
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Visual grouping4m 24s
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4. Designing Interactivity
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Dashboard actions3m 45s
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Mobile device management4m 6s
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5. Keeping Your Dashboard Up to Date
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Viz of the week2m 21s
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Iterations and improvements3m 44s
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Conclusion
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Next steps41s
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