{"id":838,"date":"2017-02-15T02:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T02:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/?p=838"},"modified":"2017-02-15T02:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T02:06:21","slug":"building-interactive-dashboards-with-tableau-actions-embed-a-youtube-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/02\/15\/building-interactive-dashboards-with-tableau-actions-embed-a-youtube-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Interactive Dashboards With Tableau Actions — Embed A Youtube Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time, I introduced how you can use Tableau Action Filters. This time, you will learn how to embed a video from an external source into your dashboard to highlight something interesting.<\/p>\n

First of all, you need to get the youtube video URL you like. To do this, go to a youtube video and click “share > embed”. Copy the source link in src=”…”, like the highlight in the picture:<\/p>\n

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Next, you should save your Youtube URL in your source data file as an column\u00a0just like other regular attributes.<\/p>\n

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Go to the “Dashboard > Actions> Add Actions > URL” in the top navigation from any dashboard view. Click the arrow that appears next to the empty URL box. You should be shown a list of options including the URL field in your underlying data. Click the URL field so that the video associated with a particular record will start when the action is run.<\/p>\n

\"WX20170214-175952@2x\"<\/p>\n

This is a example dashboard embed youtube videos for “MLB Integration by team”. If Clicking on any hall of fame player, represented by a blue Gantt bar, it will load a short biography of that player on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

TO BE CONTINUED…<\/p>\n

Reference:\u00a0http:\/\/www.evolytics.com\/blog\/tableau-201-3-creative-ways-to-use-dashboard-actions\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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