Visualization Best Practices and Dashboard Design
This chapter was particularly influenced by some giants in data visualization and dashboard design—Edward Tufte and Stephen Few. I would also like to draw attention to Alberto Cairo, who has been providing new insights in more recent years. Each of these authors should be considered a must-read for anyone working in data visualization.
This chapter has been written with the intent of empowering you with design knowledge and Tableau-centric techniques for creating effective dashboards.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Visualization design theory
- Formatting rules
- Color rules
- Visualization type rules
- Compromises
- Keeping visualizations simple
- Dashboard design
- Dashboard best practices for user experience
Now that we have discussed the topics of this chapter, let's dive into design theory, which will provide you with rules that can be applied...
