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Arshad Khan, Jumpstart Tableau, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1934-8_40

40. Working with Dashboard Content

Arshad Khan

(1)Fremont, California, USA

Objective: This exercise demonstrates how to modify the dashboard and views display through layout and formatting changes and by adding content

Formatting a Dashboard

Figure 40-1 shows a dashboard with two embedded visualizations :

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Figure 40-1. Dashboard with two embedded visualizations
  • Running Total Shipping Costs

  • Average Cost for Same Day, Second Class, and Standard Class Shipping

To format the dashboard:

  • Click Format on the menu bar as shown in Figure 40-1, which pops up the menu tree displayed ...

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