Dashboard Controls and Other Visualization Types

Use these visualization types to bring your data to life.

Visualization Type	More Information
Button Bar	Enables consumers to use buttons on a canvas to invoke data actions for an app-like experience. See Button Bars.
Dashboard Filters	Enables consumers to use filter controls on a canvas to refine the data they're interested in. See Dashboard Filters.
Gauge	Displays a single metric value in a circular, semi-circular, vertical bar, or horizontal bar format to show how the metric is performing against a target, within a specified range, or in comparison to other metrics. See Gauge Visualizations.
Legend	Enables content authors to select data elements used in the canvas, and display them as a group of legends in a single visualization. See Create a Legend Visualization.
List	Filters data on the workbook canvas as a list format visualization.
Spacer	Provides a space between visualizations on the workbook canvas; the space can include a line that you format to mark the boundary between visualizations.
Tag Cloud	Displays word-frequency analysis of text data, such as tags and keywords.
Text Box	Provides a contained area to add text to the workbook canvas.
Tile	Provides a composite card style visualization to which you can add up to five measures, and specify the layout and positioning of labels and values for the primary and secondary measures. A tile grammar element is added automatically to the Grammar pane when you create a visualization.
Timeline	Depicts a sequential view of events or objects within a period of time.