A step-by-step guide to building a Dashboard with Containers

We'll start this step-by-step guide with the Dashboard Start file mentioned in the introduction. The default Layout is Tiled and, to test the functionalities, even if it's generally not a good thing to do, you can set the size of the Dashboard to automatic. Then, follow these steps:

  1. Create a new Dashboard and add a Vertical Container. As a general rule, you should always start with a Container.
  2. Add Profit by State in the Container.
  3. Add a Horizontal Container beneath the map. As you may notice, the grayed area that helps you see where the elements will go is much smaller than with Tiled. Here's what it looks like:
  1. Add Sales and Profit by Sub-Category in your new Horizontal Container ...

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