Filter Container Tableau

New and old tableau users alike struggle with grasping tableau s concept of layout containers.

Filter container tableau.

In the upper right of the layout container there is an arrow a funnel and a x. I put together this exercise last week for a recent training course to help explain what is going on behind the scenes. Use one of the above methods to add the filter to the default layout. Choose dashboard actions and double click the generated filter you just created.

A vertical sub container for the menu area. In the target sheets section of the edit filter action dialog box select the other sheets in the layout container. Add multiple sheets with related data to a layout container. A vertical sub container for the visualisation.

A vertical sub container for the visualization. A blank worksheet that can show or hide with action filters. Tableau desktop will automatically add the filter to all device layouts if no modifications have been made to the device layout separate from the default layout. The yellow container encloses all containers.

It holds three horizontal containers color coded below plus individual elements for text images filters legends and the worksheet we ll use for the close icon. A floating horizontal container that extends beyond the boundaries of the dashboard. A blank worksheet that can be shown or hidden with action filters. The diagram below shows how the menu container is structured.

Here we have discussed the basic concept and stepwise process of adding filters in tableau dashboard. Rather filters are added over the dashboard to equally affect all the analysis in order to obtain context specific insights from all the analyses. This sheet controls the positioning of other elements inside the main horizontal container. To control how target sheets resize when no marks are.

From the drop down menu of the sheet you want to expand choose use as filter. Layout containers in tableau 8 force spatial relationships between dashboard components. This means the container itself can be moved anywhere on the dashboard and and the dashboard objects within will stay the same size and in the same position relative to each other. Containers allow you to essentially group dashboard objects sheets text images filters etc together.

This is a guide to adding filters in tableau dashboard. A vertical sub container for the menu area. The green container contains the legends and filters and is created automatically by tableau. Then i had to get to know them and now i love them.

You can manually set the width of a vertical sub container or the height of a horizontal sub container. This sheet controls the positioning of other elements inside the main horizontal container. A horizontal object will place your sheets from. How to create a container layout.

I used to hate them because i didn t understand how they worked or rather why most of the time they would just not work even if i expected them to work.