Tableau Dashboards and Stories 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of device-specific layouts in Tableau dashboards?
- To restrict dashboard access by device type
- To optimize dashboard appearance for phone, tablet, or desktop (Correct answer)
- To apply different data sources per device
- To enable offline viewing on mobile devices
Correct answer: To optimize dashboard appearance for phone, tablet, or desktop
Device-specific layouts let authors customize how a dashboard looks and which objects appear on phone, tablet, or desktop screens.
Question 2: In a Tableau story, what is the 'navigator' used for?
- It filters data across all story points
- It lets viewers move between story points (Correct answer)
- It shows a table of contents for the workbook
- It links to external web pages
Correct answer: It lets viewers move between story points
The story navigator provides controls (dots, arrows, or tabs) that allow viewers to advance through story points.
Question 3: Which option in a dashboard's 'Size' settings lets you define a minimum and maximum width and height?
- Fixed
- Automatic
- Range (Correct answer)
- Responsive
Correct answer: Range
The Range size option allows authors to set minimum and maximum dimensions so the dashboard scales within defined bounds.
Question 4: How can you apply a single filter to multiple sheets on a dashboard simultaneously without using a filter action?
- By using a global parameter
- By using 'Apply to Worksheets' > 'All Using This Data Source' on the filter (Correct answer)
- By adding the filter to each sheet manually
- By editing the data source
Correct answer: By using 'Apply to Worksheets' > 'All Using This Data Source' on the filter
Setting 'Apply to Worksheets > All Using This Data Source' makes a filter control affect every sheet that shares the same data source.
Question 5: What does a Highlight action do in Tableau?
- It permanently removes non-highlighted marks from the view
- It emphasizes selected marks while dimming others without filtering data (Correct answer)
- It creates a new worksheet with only the selected data
- It changes the color palette of the entire dashboard
Correct answer: It emphasizes selected marks while dimming others without filtering data
A Highlight action emphasizes matching marks across views while keeping all other marks visible but dimmed.
Question 6: Which setting controls the order that viewers tab through interactive objects on a dashboard for accessibility?
- Z-order
- Tab order (Correct answer)
- Layer order
- Focus order
Correct answer: Tab order
Tab order in the Accessibility settings lets authors define the sequence in which keyboard users navigate between dashboard elements.
Question 7: When duplicating a story point in Tableau, what is preserved in the copy?
- Only the caption text
- The snapshot state including any filter and mark selections (Correct answer)
- Only the underlying worksheet or dashboard
- Nothing; it creates a blank story point
Correct answer: The snapshot state including any filter and mark selections
Duplicating a story point creates an exact copy including the current snapshot state—filters, marks, and annotations.
Tableau Dashboards and Stories 3
What is the primary purpose of device-specific layouts in Tableau dashboards?