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Creating the First Visualization

Let’s focus on creating the "YTD Twitter Followers" visualization in the sample dashboard presented at the beginning of this tutorial. The visualization displays a Text Gauge.

First, open the visualizations picker by selecting the grid icon in the top bar.

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Change your visualization to "Text Gauge".

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Then, drag and drop the Twitter Followers by Year field into the Value placeholder of the data editor.

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Lastly, change the visualization’s title to "YTD Twitter Followers" by selecting the pencil next to the "Social Dashboard" title.

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Your visualization should look like the following one:

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Once you are done, go back to the Dashboard Editor by selecting the tick icon in the top right-hand corner.