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Short answer: 3–5 KPIs for executive dashboards, 5–7 for management, 7–9 for operational. Here's the research behind those numbers — and a 3-question audit to cut everything else.
A visual guide to the 12 most effective dashboard layout patterns — KPI rows, quadrants, monitoring walls, mobile card stacks and more — each shown as a labeled wireframe with when to use it and when to avoid it.
Tableau-specific best practices — not generic design advice. Fixed sizing, layout containers, dashboard actions, Viz in Tooltip, the Device Designer, and the extract and Performance Recorder habits that keep dashboards fast.