Designing a Dashboard
Dashboard design is one aspect of Tableau that is a bit subjective and relies on the design and visual skills of the dashboard designer. In this sense, there isn't a single correct end result, but there are general design principles that will make your dashboard easier to interpret and ultimately more useful. In this section, you will incorporate those principles within the Tableau framework to create an attractive dashboard that makes it easy for the end user to understand the underlying data.
Before you start on your dashboard design path, there are a few questions you should ask yourself and your users. These questions will help to guide you as you create the many elements that will eventually be used to populate the dashboard. Here are some potential questions:
- What are the critical metrics you should be measuring?
- How granular should your measurements be? Are you looking at data for hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or annual intervals? ...
