Supporting tiles

Custom images can be pinned from reports to dashboards to help structure and organize dashboard tiles. In the Global sales dashboard described earlier, four custom images were used to distinguish the global tiles from those associated with each of the three sales territory groups (North America, Europe, Pacific). The position and size of the supporting tiles help to clarify the priority and scope of the dashboard.

For example, without any knowledge of the dashboard's title, the top position of the global tile and the additional space allocated to the global section of the dashboard helps to confirm that the dashboard is primarily focused on the global level.

Supporting tiles used for organizational purposes in dashboards, ...

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