Layout containers (horizontal, vertical) in Tableau - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a horizontal layout container in Tableau.

Tableau

container = dashboard.[1]Container()

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AFloating

BVertical

CGrid

DHorizontal

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing Vertical container which stacks items top to bottom.

Using Grid which is for tables, not layout containers.

In Tableau, a HorizontalContainer arranges items side by side from left to right.

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medium

Complete the code to add a vertical container to the dashboard.

Tableau

dashboard.add([1]Container())

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AHorizontal

BVertical

CFloating

DGrid

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using Horizontal container which arranges items side by side.

Using Floating which allows free placement, not stacking.

A VerticalContainer stacks dashboard elements from top to bottom.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly create a vertical container.

Tableau

container = dashboard.[1]Container()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AVertical

Bvertical

CVERTICAL

DVert

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using lowercase which causes attribute errors.

Using abbreviations like 'Vert' which are not valid class names.

Class names in Tableau's API are case sensitive and use PascalCase. VerticalContainer is correct.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a horizontal container and add a vertical container inside it.

Tableau

h_container = dashboard.[1]Container()
v_container = h_container.add_[2]Container()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AHorizontal

BVertical

CFloating

DGrid

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the container types and their order.

Using Floating or Grid which are not layout containers.

The first blank must be Horizontal to create a horizontal container. The second blank must be Vertical to create a vertical container inside it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to add a vertical container inside a horizontal container and then add a floating container inside the vertical container.

Tableau

h_container = dashboard.[1]Container()
v_container = h_container.add_[2]Container()
f_container = v_container.add_[3]Container()

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AHorizontal

BVertical

CFloating

DGrid

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using incorrect method names like add_HorizontalContainer instead of add_VerticalContainer.

Mixing container types or incorrect capitalization.

The first blank is Horizontal to create the outer container. The second blank is Vertical to add a vertical container inside it. The third blank is Floating to add a floating container inside the vertical container.