Tableau Layout Containers Tips, Tricks and Uses

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Description:
Over the years, I've had an up and down relationship with layout containers in Tableau dashboard. I remember they saved me on my first big project when I needed to design a worksheet with a dynamic height.

However, I eventually soured on them. I found them cumbersome and I didn't like how they would show up automatically and force me to lay items out in a particular order.

Over time, I've come back around and have a healthy respect for containers. In fact, I use them in the majority of dashboards I build now. Here are a few key ways I use containers:

•Tiling objects next to dashboard/worksheet titles
•Setting fixed height/width for objects
•Distributing Contents Evenly
•Creating Dynamic Height Objects

Want to learn more about how to use and work with layout containers? Check out this video!

Resources:
•Tableau Public Example Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/app/profil...
•Sheet Swapping with Tableau Parameters: https://onenumber.biz/blog-1/2022/8/2...
•Business Dashboard Formatting in Tableau: https://onenumber.biz/blog-1/2021/9/5...

Chapters:
0:00 Layout Containers
1:05 Floating vs Tiled Objects
2:37 Selecting a Layout Container
3:02 Edit Object Height/Width
3:58 Distribute Contents Evenly
5:28 Upcoming Classes
6:05 Adding Legends to Titles
7:32 Layout Container Padding
8:15 Expanding/Contracting Objects