Kevin Brady

June 24, 2009

Dashboards for Business Users

Your business. No barriers.

What is a Dashboard?

DashboardDefinition

dashboard (dash-bord ) n.

a screen on the front of a horse-drawn vehicle.

a panel extending across interior of a vehicle, usually containing instruments and controls.

dashboard (dash-bord ) n.

a web interface for users that organizes and presents information in a way that is easy to read and interpret

DashboardThe goal

Dashboard goal:

o effectively communicate information

o provide a gateway to all of your

informational assets

Dashboards Best Practices

It’s all about the presentation Don’t display media that cannot

be easily read and understood Looking “marvelous” doesn’t mean

communicates effectively Less is more

Include only what you absolutely need Don’t deliver information in fragments Throw out anything that doesn’t add meaning

to the data Answering “What” is fine, but how about “Why”

Elegance in communication is often achieved through simplicity of design, for any type of user

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WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Platform Dashboard Flexibility for Any User

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ActiveDashboards

PerformanceManagementDashboards

FlexDashboards

CustomDashboards

AnalyticalDashboards

GeographicDashboards

WebFOCUS Business Intelligence PlatformDashboard Strategies

Custom Dashboards Aggregate view of your business

showing key charts and reports that project a snapshot of the business health

WebFOCUS Reporting

Analytical Dashboards Uncovers unusual things in large

amounts of data and helps you focus in on problems

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery

Active Dashboards Empowers users with all of the

analytical capability of Excel, without any training required

WebFOCUS Active Reports

CUSTOMDASHBOARDS

ANALYTICALDASHBOARDS

ACTIVEDASHBOARDS

WebFOCUS Business Intelligence PlatformDashboard Strategies

Flex Dashboards Aggregate view of your business

showing key charts and reports that project a snapshot of the business health

WebFOCUS Reporting with Flex

Performance Management Dashboard Applies a formal methodology

(e.g. Balanced Scorecard) to map performance through a series of interlink financial and non-financial measures

FLEXDASHBOARDS

PERFORMANCEMANAGEMENTSCORECARDS

WebFOCUS Performance Management Framework WebFOCUS Performance Metrics Manager

Demonstration