Thursday, March 28, 2013

Dashboard Sizing to Tabloid

In addition to adding floating dashboards to version 8, Tableau made sizing the dashboard slightly easier.  In Tableau 7 you had to click Edit under the size section of the Left hand toolbar.  In version 8, you don't have to go into the sub menu, its right on the toolbar.


In the latest release they didn't add a paper size we use around here pretty often if we're going to print the dashboard out for mock ups, editing, shipping to people.  Tabloid (11x17) .  Tableau uses 100 pixels per inch on their dashboard.  Making the math easy to figure out the dimension: 1100x1700.  

I limit my use to landscape as I haven't found a way yet to zoom out from the dashboard screen.  I guess I could always turn my monitor sideways :)