Tableau Building Dashboards & Stories 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a Tableau Story, what is a 'Story Point'?
- A captioned snapshot of a sheet or dashboard at a particular state (Correct answer)
- A calculated field
- A data source connection
- A custom color
Correct answer: A captioned snapshot of a sheet or dashboard at a particular state
Each story point captures a specific view and caption to build a narrative sequence.
Question 2: What happens to a story point if you click 'Update' after changing the underlying view?
- The story point saves the new view state (Correct answer)
- The entire story is deleted
- A new workbook is created
- The data source is refreshed
Correct answer: The story point saves the new view state
Clicking Update overwrites the saved snapshot of the story point with the current view.
Question 3: Which navigator style for stories shows numbered boxes that viewers click to move between points?
- Caption boxes (default)
- Numbers (Correct answer)
- Dots
- Arrows only
Correct answer: Numbers
The Numbers navigator style displays sequential numbered buttons for each story point.
Question 4: Can a single story point contain a full dashboard rather than a single worksheet?
- Yes, dashboards can be added as story points (Correct answer)
- No, only worksheets are allowed
- Only if the dashboard is fixed size
- Only on Tableau Public
Correct answer: Yes, dashboards can be added as story points
Stories can include worksheets and dashboards alike as their points.
Question 5: What is the recommended way to keep all story points the same size on screen?
- Set a fixed size for the story and consistent dashboard sizing (Correct answer)
- Use Automatic sizing for every sheet
- Add more blank objects
- Disable captions
Correct answer: Set a fixed size for the story and consistent dashboard sizing
Fixed sizing prevents story points from resizing differently as you navigate.
Question 6: When you highlight or annotate a mark within a story point and click Update, the annotation:
- Is preserved as part of that point's saved state (Correct answer)
- Disappears immediately
- Applies to all points
- Breaks the data source
Correct answer: Is preserved as part of that point's saved state
Annotations are saved with the story point's snapshot when updated.
Question 7: What is the main goal of building a Tableau Story rather than a single dashboard?
- To guide viewers through a sequence of insights as a narrative (Correct answer)
- To increase extract size
- To replace calculated fields
- To connect to more data sources
Correct answer: To guide viewers through a sequence of insights as a narrative
Stories are designed to present analysis as an ordered, narrative sequence of points.
Tableau Building Dashboards & Stories 3
In a Tableau Story, what is a 'Story Point'?