From the course: Data Analytics: Dashboards vs. Data Stories
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Pros and cons of data stories - Tableau Tutorial
From the course: Data Analytics: Dashboards vs. Data Stories
Pros and cons of data stories
- As data stories start to be used more frequently as a way to communicate data, it's important to understand the situations in which data stories work best and where they can fall short. In this lesson, you'll learn about the pros and cons of choosing data stories to communicate insights. Let's get started with the pros. The biggest one is that data stories are typically the easiest way to communicate data to a business user. The point of a data story is to describe how you analyzed the data and what findings you uncovered. The ability to describe that in simple terms directly to the stakeholder is usually the most effective way for them to understand why the data is important. Unlike dashboards, which require the user to understand the data themselves, data stories allow data analysts to walk the user through findings step-by-step. Additionally, data stories are usually much better when trying to present data to high level…
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