Thursday, March 3, 2011


Changing Viz Types with Dashboard Containers and Parameters

At the heart of this example is the use of two items: 1) Dashboard container objects which auto-shrink and auto-grow as needed, and 2) a Tableau Parameter which filters out entire sheets based upon user input.

The net result is the effect of "show me" or chart selection, for a given data set. There are some inherent weaknesses to this approach, but overall it's pretty nifty.