Sisense BI Sisense BI Dashboard Design & Visualization 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the recommended Sisense approach for embedding dashboards into a third-party web application?
- iFrame embedding with SSO tokens (Correct answer)
- Exporting to PDF and hosting separately
- Copying widget HTML manually
- Using FTP to transfer dashboard files
Correct answer: iFrame embedding with SSO tokens
Sisense supports iFrame embedding combined with SSO JWT tokens to securely display dashboards inside external web applications.
Question 2: Which Sisense color palette option ensures dashboards are accessible to color-blind users?
- Using a colorblind-safe palette with distinct shapes or patterns (Correct answer)
- Applying only red and green colors
- Using maximum contrast black-and-white only
- Enabling high-resolution mode
Correct answer: Using a colorblind-safe palette with distinct shapes or patterns
Colorblind-safe palettes combined with distinct shapes or patterns ensure data is distinguishable for users with color vision deficiencies.
Question 3: In Sisense, what does 'drill-down' functionality allow end users to do?
- Navigate from a summary view to a more detailed level of data (Correct answer)
- Delete granular data records
- Switch between different dashboard themes
- Export filtered data to Excel
Correct answer: Navigate from a summary view to a more detailed level of data
Drill-down in Sisense lets users click on a high-level data point to explore underlying detail at a lower hierarchical level.
Question 4: What Sisense feature lets you display the same dashboard in a continuously rotating loop on a screen?
- Slideshow / TV mode (Correct answer)
- Dashboard scheduler
- Report broadcaster
- Pulse monitor
Correct answer: Slideshow / TV mode
Sisense's Slideshow or TV mode rotates through dashboards automatically, making it ideal for office display screens.
Question 5: Which Sisense widget allows users to select a value that dynamically changes data displayed across the dashboard?
- Filter widget (dropdown/slider) (Correct answer)
- Indicator widget
- Pivot table
- Scatter chart
Correct answer: Filter widget (dropdown/slider)
Filter widgets such as dropdowns and sliders let end users interactively select values that immediately update all connected widgets on the dashboard.
Question 6: In Sisense, what is the purpose of a 'pivot table' widget?
- To display data in a cross-tabulated row-column matrix for multidimensional analysis (Correct answer)
- To automatically pivot CSV files into ElastiCube
- To rotate chart axes from vertical to horizontal
- To merge two dashboards into one view
Correct answer: To display data in a cross-tabulated row-column matrix for multidimensional analysis
Pivot table widgets in Sisense present data as a cross-tabulation, allowing users to analyze multiple dimensions simultaneously in row-and-column format.
What is the recommended Sisense approach for embedding dashboards into a third-party web application?