Tactic for Business Intelligence dashboard designs

Presented by: Harini SrinivasanMonth: May 2013

When I hear the word dashboard, I think of getting pertinent information about my vacation.

• Number of days• Expenditure• Itinerary• Accommodation

Similarly, an effective business intelligence dashboard should tell me key things

• My business in a flash• At least BI dashboard should get attention – good or bad

What are we looking right now?

Tips on how to design BI dashboards that present useful information to users without overwhelming them with unwanted data.

Planning

Key metrics

Time frame

Business Units- Regions,

product wise etc

BI

Designing Dashboard

Overload BI Dashboard?

• Overpower with too many information.

• Provide detailed data.

• Provide irrelevant or inaccurate information.

• Use 3 dimensional charts –interpretation is difficult.

• Have complex representation without a flow.

• Have more graphical version for historical data.

• Overlook the data security issues.

Simple with clarity

Current, meaningful and actionable information

Support different levels of analysis

Know your audience

indicators on key data elements – like

red-yellow-green traffic light indicators

shape dashboards to

fit the KPI needs right information needs to be

targeted to the right roles – certain data meant for certain

people

Limit a single dashboard page or tab

Enable users to drill down into

data

BI, reporting and analytics is a constant work in progress. As

a result, dashboard

designs are, too. You're

likely to deliver

functionality and data in

ongoing phases

Create simple tables and charts – spark lines, bullet lists.

Make dashboards interactive with filters.

spent time on data then go

for dashboard

Final state on Dashboard

As well as you plan and design these things up front, nothing should

be

set in stone until the users see the end product of your work.

Ultimately, dashboards are the surface of all of a company's BI data.

 End users should get what they need to make better business decisions.

Should be a ongoing process for growth of the company.