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.
Designing dashboards in Tableau
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:
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.
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