Advanced Dashboard Concepts and Techniques
Product documentation that takes you beyond the basics into more advanced dashboard concepts and techniques.
- Narrow the Data Focus on Charts
- Describes methods for narrowing the data focus on dashboard charts. Options include filtering, sort and limit data, or data breakdown.
- Time Alignment
- Describes time alignment in dashboard charts and provides usage examples. Time alignment is useful for comparing data from different periods.
- Conditional Formatting for Charts
- Introduces you to conditional formatting in dashboard charts. Conditional formatting draws attention in a chart to exceptions, such as a drop in inventory or above average sales.
- Calculations in Charts
- Introduces you to applying calculations to dashboard charts.
- Crosstab Charts
- Introduces you the dashboard crosstab and explains how to group and slice data.
- Text on Dashboards
- Introduces you to text on dashboards, informational text that assists with storytelling or that provides guided assistance on how to interact with your charts. Also explains how to add and format text.
- Create a Geo Map
- Visualize accounts with geographic data. Compare and contrast values across different regions with circle size and color.
- Manage Dashboard Preferences
- Explains how to set your global preferences for dashboards and explains how to change colors for your custom theme.
- Sheets on Dashboards
- Create interactive dashboards with sheets to simplify the planning process and facilitate collaboration without leaving your dashboard.