Story Points allow us to organize our topics and views into a sequence of points that aid in presenting data. Story Points can leverage any views or dashboards in the workbook and use any of those in each point.
In this recipe, we will explore where fatal floods have happened over time using Tableau's story points.
To follow this recipe, open B05527_04 – STARTER.twbx. We will use the following worksheets:
We are also going to use the following dashboard which shows Thailand Floods data:
The following are the steps to create the story points in this recipe:
Fatal Floods over Time
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, Burma
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.Thailand Floods
.Thailand Floods History
.Story points help you organize your points and thoughts for a presentation. You may have done this in the past using different software applications. This, however, would have required you to export the worksheets and dashboards as images so they can be embedded into the presentation application. This does limit the interactivity, and you really lose the advantages that Tableau brings to the table.
Tableau is largely an interactive tool, and allows for the exploration of information. As you select, you may see other views get filtered. As you hover, you may get highlights. Story points allow you to present, as well as retain, the interactive components of Tableau. It provides a seamless flow of discussion and analysis.
If you need to incorporate images and custom text, you will need to create a dashboard first with those objects and then use them in the story points.
What is presented in this recipe is just a starting point. Story points are completely dependent on your data story, your goal, and your audience. Although the formatting options for story points are fairly limited, you can still create very organized, interactive, and compelling presentations using Tableau's story points.
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