How to Create a Story in Tableau

A Story in Tableau is a sequence of visualizations (Worksheets, or Dashboards) that work together to convey a message. For example, you can use story to convey: why particular product is not performing well, why we are getting negative profits on highest sales region, or why sales are not improving with previous management decision etc.

In this article we will show you, How to create a Story in Tableau with example. For this example, we are going to use the below shown Workbook.

Create a Story in Tableau

Pleas click on the New Story tab to create a Tableau Story.

Now you can see the Tableau Story board.

1. Blank: Use this button to create a new Story Point.
2. Duplicate: Use this button to Duplicate the existing Story point
3. Sheets: List of Worksheets Sheet that are available to create this story.
4. Drag to Add Text: This will help you to add Custom Text on Top of the Story Point.
5. Show Title: Check mark this option to display the Story Title otherwise, uncheck this property.
6. Size: Use this property to adjust the display size of a Story.
7. Add a Cation: Use this Area to explain the Story Point
8. This is the actual work area.
9. Name of the Story board. Right-click and select Rename Sheet option context menu to rename the Story.

Hover over any sheet to see the sheet preview, and by clicking the marked button will take you to the original sheet.

Let me Drag and Drop Google Map sheet to the Story Point.

Now you can see the map. Let me use the Add caption to write a Caption.

We written some sample Text as a case Study. If you observe the below screenshot, there are 4 buttons that are displaying on top of the caption box. And they are:

1.  Delete: To delete the Current Story Point
2. Revert: Use this to Undo the changes.
3. Update:  To update the caption
4. Save a New: This will save the caption as a New Story Point.

Create New Story Point in Tableau Story

Click on the Blank button to add New story point

And you can see the new one

As you can see from the below screenshot, we added the Line Chart to this story point. We also added some sample text as the caption.

Duplicate Story Point of a Story in Tableau

Tableau allows you to duplicate the existing story point. In order to do so, Please click on the Duplicate button to duplicate current story point

and you can see the same

Add Text to a Story in Tableau

Drag and drop the Drag to Add Text Object to work area to add custom text or Description to the Story Point. Once you drop Drag to Add Text Object on to the work area, a new pop-up window called Edit Description will be opened. Use this window to write your decription.

Now you can, Text is added to our Story point

Display Size of a Story in Tableau

By default Fixed size with Story Size option is selected by the Tableau. Under the Size you can change the size of a Story as per your requirement. This can be helpful to design your story based on the Size. Automatic option will adjust the story point as per the Screen size

Under the Fixed option we have multiple options to select. Let me select the Web Page Embedded for now.

Format Layout of a Tableau Story

Layout tab is used to format the captions of a Story.

1. Caption Box: This is the default option. Use this option to display the caption
2. Numbers: Use this option to display the numbers (1, 2, 3,…) instead of caption.
3. Dots: Use this option to display Dots
4. Show arrows: Check mark this option to display the arrows around the captions otherwise, uncheck this property.

let me select the Numbers option for demonstration purpose.

Remove a Story Point from a Tableau Story

By simply clicking the Delete button you can delete the caption along with story point from current story.

and you can see that, we successfully deleted a story point.

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