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How To Increase The Size Of Shapes In A Legend


Published: 03 Apr 2020
Last Modified Date: 28 Oct 2022

Question

How to increase the size of shapes in a legend

Environment

  • Tableau Desktop

Answer

Create a new sheet with the dimension that includes your shapes and show headers to show which shape relates to which value.

For example if you want to show a legend for Segments in your sheet where segment is on shape like below:
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Create a legend sheet like below:

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Use the legend sheet as a floating sheet on the dashboard.
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If the highlight function needs to be enabled, configure the highlight action with dashboard actions like below:

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