Dashboards
Actions
Using actions would bring interactivity to the dashboards and help the user to customize the visualization and glean a better insight. There are several actions defined in the Tableau Desktop:
Filter: Use the data from one view to filter data in another to help guide analysis.
Highlight: Call attention to marks of interest by coloring specific marks and dimming all others.
Change Parameter: Let users change parameter values by directly interacting with marks on a viz.
Change Set Values: Let users change the values in a set by directly interacting with marks on a viz.
Filter
In order to enable to the filter action, go to Sheet 1 and in the Markers section click on County Set, that contained the selection of counties of Greenville, Pickens, Anderson, and Oconee, and choose Show Filter to enable filter action:
Highlight
In order to enable highlight action, go to Sheet 1 and in the Markers section, click on Forecast indicator and choose Show Highlighter in order to give users ability to highlight the actual data and forecast separately for better comparison:
Change Parameter
In order to enable change parameter action, click on Moving Averages Type parameter that is defined in the previous sections, and choose Show Parameter:
Change Set Values
In order to give the user ability to customize the defined set, you need to click on County Set in the Markers section and choose Show Set:
The workbook to reproduce this dashboard is shared here: https://bit.ly/36zI7AD