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Learning Tableau 2020

You're reading from   Learning Tableau 2020 Create effective data visualizations, build interactive visual analytics, and transform your organization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800200364
Length 576 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Joshua N. Milligan Joshua N. Milligan
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Taking Off with Tableau 2. Connecting to Data in Tableau FREE CHAPTER 3. Moving Beyond Basic Visualizations 4. Starting an Adventure with Calculations and Parameters 5. Leveraging Level of Detail Calculations 6. Diving Deep with Table Calculations 7. Making Visualizations That Look Great and Work Well 8. Telling a Data Story with Dashboards 9. Visual Analytics – Trends, Clustering, Distributions, and Forecasting 10. Advanced Visualizations 11. Dynamic Dashboards 12. Exploring Mapping and Advanced Geospatial Features 13. Understanding the Tableau Data Model, Joins, and Blends 14. Structuring Messy Data to Work Well in Tableau 15. Taming Data with Tableau Prep 16. Sharing Your Data Story 17. Other Books You May Enjoy
18. Index

Designing for different displays and devices

When designing a dashboard, some of the first questions you'll often ask yourself are: How will my audience view this dashboard? What kind of device will they use? With the wide adoption of mobile devices, this latter question becomes very important because what looks great on a large flat-screen monitor doesn't always look great on a tablet or phone.

The top of the Dashboard tab on the left sidebar reveals a button to preview the dashboard on various devices, as well as a drop-down for Size options:

Figure 8.15: The Device Preview option allows you to design and preview your dashboard for other devices

Clicking the Device Preview button not only allows you to see how your dashboard will look with various device types (and even specific models) but also allows you to add a layout for each device type, which you can customize:

Figure 8.16: Customizable options for devices

You can not only see how your...

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