Dashboard Best Practices
When designing a dashboard in Tableau, it is important to consider some best practices to ensure that the dashboard stays performant and so that it is best optimized for end users.
As a first step, when designing a dashboard, it is important to consider the end user. What business question is the end user trying to answer when utilizing the dashboard is a good thing to constantly consider when deciding what to include in a dashboard and where. It is also important to consider the end user’s skill level and base knowledge when it comes to the data. If users are new to Tableau, then the dashboard should be made simpler; if the user is familiar with the data, then more advanced analysis can be included.
Before building a dashboard, always consider the layout. Users usually tend to start viewing a dashboard from the top left and move across then down, similar to how one would read a book. With this in mind, it often makes sense to include the title...