Creating an Infographic-like dashboard
Infographics is a shortened term for information graphics, which is a way to visualize data using a lot of graphics and is designed to make the make the visual more graphic and eye-catching. Tableau has the components to add more visual elements to a dashboard and making it look more like the typical infographic.
In this recipe, we will create an infographic-like dashboard that incorporates free form images and text.
Getting ready
To follow this recipe, open B05527_04 – STARTER.twbx. We will use the following worksheets:
Top Players
Player Points
Player Assists
Player Rebounds
Player Name
Player Stats
Player last played for
Player last played for logo
How to do it...
The following are the steps to create the dashboard in this recipe:
Create a new dashboard.
Check the Show dashboard title checkbox. This will show the dashboard title text box in the dashboard.
Change the dashboard title to
Top NBA Players by Points (as of 2009).Ensure that Tiled is selected under the...
