Create Tableau Dashboard Device Preview

In this article we will show you, How to create Tableau Dashboard Device Preview with example. Device Preview means creating a Dashboard View for Desktop, Tablet and Mobile Phones.

For this we are going to use below shown dashboard. This is the dashboard that we created in our previous article. So, please refer Tableau Dashboard article to under the same.

Create Tableau Dashboard Device Preview

The Device Preview button on the left side of a Tableau Dashboard will help you to create different dashboard views for Mobile Phone, Tablet, and Desktop. Click on the Device Preview button to see them

You can see the Device Preview option on Top of the Dashboard.

Use this button to Change the View from landscape to Portrait vice versa

You can see the list of available views under the Device Type

Create Desktop Preview of a Tableau Dashboard

Please select the Device type as the Desktop. You can see the list of available Desktop models under the Model drop down list. Let me select the Generic Desktop Monitor

Click on the Add Desktop Layout button to add the layout for selected Model

We selected the Size of a Desktop to Fit all

Create Tablet Preview of a Tableau Dashboard

Please select the Device type as Tablet. You can see the list of available tablet models under the Model drop down list. Let me select the Generic tablet

Click on the Add Tablet Layout button to add the Tablet layout for your Dashboard

As you can see from the below screenshot, we removed the Bubble Chart from the Dashboard to fit the tablet Width. It means, when you select the dashboard in Tablet, you can only see the Pie Chart, Bar Chart, and Dual Combination Chart.

Create Phone Preview of a Tableau Dashboard

Please select the Device type as Phone. You can see the list of available Mobile Phone models under the Model drop down list. Let me select the iPhone 7 Plus and click the Add Phone Layout button

You can see the boundaries of the Mobile phone screen

To fit to the Mobile Phone screen, we removed the Bubble Chart, and Dual Combination Chart from the Dashboard. It means, when you select the dashboard in Mobile Phone, you can only see the Pie Chart, and Bar Chart.