Tableau Dashboards and Interactivity Questions and Answers

Question 1

A dashboard creator wants users to click on a specific state in a map view and be directed to that state's official government website. The URL needs to change dynamically based on the state selected. Which dashboard feature should be configured to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

A URL Action that uses the state dimension in the URL string.

Answer

A URL Action is specifically designed to open external web pages. By inserting a dimension, like the state name, into the URL string within the action's configuration, the link becomes dynamic and will direct to a different page for each selected mark.

Question 2

You are building a dashboard and need to group several charts and a text legend together so they maintain their alignment and resize proportionally as a single unit. Which dashboard object is the best choice for this purpose?

Accepted Answer

A Horizontal or Vertical container

Answer

Horizontal and Vertical layout containers are used to group related dashboard items. Items within a container are organized together, and the container itself can be managed as a single object, ensuring that the items inside resize and align relative to one another.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the relationship between the Default dashboard layout and a custom Phone layout in Tableau?

Accepted Answer

Once a custom Phone layout is created, any new worksheet added to the Default layout must be manually added to the Phone layout.

Answer

After you create a custom device layout (like for a phone), it becomes a distinct version of the dashboard. While it inherits the initial state, subsequent changes to the Default layout, such as adding new worksheets or objects, do not automatically appear in the custom layout; they must be added manually.

Question 4

An analyst wants to empower users to dynamically change the measure displayed in a time-series chart. For example, the user should be able to click on text labels for 'Sales', 'Profit', or 'Quantity' on the dashboard to switch the measure shown in the chart. Which combination of features is required to enable this functionality?

Accepted Answer

A Parameter, a calculated field, and a Parameter Action.

Answer

This functionality is achieved using a Parameter to store the user's measure choice, a Parameter Action to update that parameter's value when a user clicks a label, and a calculated field that uses the parameter's current value to determine which measure to display in the chart.

Question 5

When setting the size of a Tableau dashboard, what is the primary behavior of the 'Automatic' sizing option?

Accepted Answer

It resizes the dashboard's height and width to completely fill the available screen space.

Answer

The 'Automatic' sizing option causes the dashboard to scale to fit the window or screen it is being viewed on. This can be unpredictable, as it may alter the dashboard's proportions and layout to fill the space, which can sometimes lead to distortion.

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