Chapter 7. Powerful Dashboards, Stories, and Actions

A Dashboard is a composition of multiple Worksheets, and objects such as Container, Text, Image, and Actions to create interactivity. The goal of a Dashboard is to provide insights on a regular basis. The look and feel don’t change, just the data. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to create a Dashboard, you’ll understand the different objects available, and will be able to choose between the different Actions. A Story is a composition of Worksheets and Dashboards. You’ll learn how to create and use a Story to do a presentation, or to tell an amazing story you found in your data.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Dashboard basics
  • Dashboard objects
  • Dashboard actions
  • Creating a Story ...

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