Creating story points
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.
Getting ready
To follow this recipe, open B05527_04 – STARTER.twbx. We will use the following worksheets:
Fatalities by Country
Fatalities by Country Map
Flood History by Country
We are also going to use the following dashboard which shows Thailand Floods data:
How to do it...
The following are the steps to create the story points in this recipe:
Create a new story point. You can click on the new Story Point tab, which looks like a book with a plus sign, at the bottom of the canvas.
Double-click on the title, and change story title to
Fatal Floods over Time.Click on the Story menu at the top, and select Format.
Format the story using the following settings:
Story Shading...
