Layer Containers in Free-Form Layout

Open a dashboard in free-form layout.
Choose View > Layers Panel to view the Layers panel. The Layers panel is helpful when using free-form layout, since it allows you to access overlapping visualizations or containers that are difficult to select. Here you can rename layers, rearrange layers, multi-select layers to group and ungroup them, or select layers to modify them on the Editor, Filter, and Format panels.
You can arrange overlapping layers to create a specific design. In the Layers panel, right-click a layer and choose Bring to Front, Bring Forward, Send to Back, or Send Backward.
You can duplicate and move layers that correspond to your visualizations, images, text boxes, and HTML containers. Right-click a corresponding layer and choose Duplicate, Copy to, or Move to.
When you create a visualization filter, you can select targets by layer.
You can also select targets by layer for a metric or attribute selector. To choose an attribute or metric for replacement, right-click the target icon to the right of a selected layer.
When you layer containers, you may want to remove shadowing. Choose Format > Dashboard Formatting and select the Flat page style.
Make the background transparent using the Format panel. In the Container section, select the Fill color drop-down and choose No Fill. This option is ideal for layering images behind dashboards or layering dashboards on top of maps. If you have trouble viewing a container with a transparent background, maximum the container to view it on a light gray background.
Make a grid background transparent using the Format panel. In the Column Headers, Row Headers, or Value Headers section, select the Fill color drop-down and choose No Fill.
Make a KPI visualization background transparent using the Format panel. In the General Settings section, modify the Area Fill Color and Trend Fill Color.

Layer Containers in Free-Form Layout

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