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Building the dashboard (Part 1)


To show how to create the dashboard I divided the canvas in 3 sections




I going to dedicate one post for every section, and the another 2 posts for the tooltip and drill through

 

Adding Census Year slicer

First we are going to add the census year filter. This filter will affect all visual in our dashboard.
Select the slicer visual and the census_year field from the US Population ACS5 table



Before diving into specifics formats, disable/enable the following formatting options to match the bellow image.



Now in the selection control section change to Single select 



Change the Text size, Alignment, and Color for Items,  Title and Border sections




The final result



Adding the Cards

Select the Card visual and drag and drop total_population measure into the Fields box




Rename the Fields from total_population → Total Population

The formatting options are:



In the Data label section, change the Display units to None, the Text size to 27 pts




for Color select the function button next to the color dropdown list



select Format by option Field Value, and then Based on field use the color_pop_change measure (Formatting folder). This is a good option if you want to change the criteria for how to visualize the color with a more complex formula, for example you want to use color green if the population increase is only by certain percent.

The other sections




the final result


We can now select the Total Population visual and Copy and Paste four times, align and change the fields to

  • prev_census_tot_pop
  • change_pct
  • total_male
  • total_female
rename the fields to
  • Previous Year Population
  • Change %
  • Male Population
  • Female Population
now select the Cards (holding down Ctrl key) Previous Year Population, Male Population and Female Population and remove the Data label color formula by clicking the "eraser". This action will remove the color Green/Red for these cards




Finally select all Cards and right-click to open the context menu and create a Group. This will made easy to move and resize all Cards at the same time.





The final result



In the next post we will show how to add the Top 10 more populated counties to the dashboard.




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