4 effective business intelligence dashboard practices
Effective and efficient business intelligence dashboard implementation is imperative as the deployment could potentially make or break decision-making processes. As data analysis and perception expert Stephen Few says, data dashboards are visual displays of the most important data and information one needs in order to achieve one or more goals, hence, their importance. Listed below are some business intelligence dashboard (BID) practices to help get one started: Know Your Dashboards Before one chooses a specific dashboard design, it is imperative to know what the different kinds of traditional dashboards are available in the market. One can choose from Strategic, Analytical, or Operational Dashboards. Strategic BIDs aggregate key company health indicators and help identify opportunities for organizational expansion. Analytical ones are engineered to provide detailed data trends and analyses. Operational BIDs track the overall health of the company, focusing on KPIs which depend on many factors. Effective and concise design A BID should be designed with two objectives avoiding data clutter and focusing on communication, for a visually appealing design may or may not be effective. BI dashboards should be able to communicate the right, fact-based information concisely and quickly, group elements based on their proximity/location or similarity, and ideally be enclosed by visual borders for easy and quick viewing.