Tip! Use containers to provide visual clues to user

[TriciaAanderud]

Dashboard gauges get a lot of haters - but I think it's undeserved. Here's some tips I have for helping users understand how objects are related.  In my Planning Your Dashboard post, I talk about how to plan your KPIs and supporting information.  In the post, I show how I used horizontal containers to control the layout - here's specifically what I did.

I had already built the objects - which actually made this a more difficult task.

1. Start a new section and add 2 horizontal containers.
2. In one of the containers, change the background color and set transparency around 70%.
   
   
3. Duplicate the container with the color and move it to the bottom.
   
4. Return to your other tab, right-click the objects and move to the new section. 
   
5. Then drag the objects into the container.  Yeah ... time for happy feet.
   
   

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[lauralawton · Accepted solution]

Tricia's very helpful tip has been promoted to an article and has also been updated. Read the latest version of Tip! Use containers to provide visual clues to user.

Laura