Infographics is a shortened term for information graphics, which is a way to visualize data using a lot of graphics and is designed to make the visuals more graphic and eye-catching. Tableau has the components to add more visual elements into a dashboard and make it look more like a typical infographic.
Creating an infographic-like dashboard in Tableau can be quite involved. Often, this task will encompass creating multiple worksheets with individual components or pieces of information, and putting these all together creatively so that the design elements flow according to the infographic design.
Just a word of caution: the URL cannot come from a secondary data source, in the case of blended data sources; it has to be from the primary data source.
Let's create an infographic-like dashboard that incorporates free-form images and text. We will have a fairly simplistic take on the infographic possibility with Tableau, but it should give you a clearer idea...