Chapter 6. Making Dashboards Relevant

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Adding an infographic to your Tableau dashboard
  • String manipulation using dashboards
  • Correcting data exports from Tableau to Excel
  • Blending data
  • Optimizing tips for efficient, fast visualization

Introduction

Performance dashboards are used by management to gauge performance and how the business is making progress towards business goals. They can be hard to define since they apply to a wide spectrum of objectives, such as evaluating a business strategy globally or looking specifically at one department or team.

Tableau is a very easy software to use. By now, you are probably running through lots of scenarios where Tableau is useful to your business. Perhaps some ...

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