Reading charts and reports
Dashboard
A single screen of charts and figures that shows the most important measures at a glance.
- Reading charts and reports
Definition
A single screen of charts and figures that shows the most important measures at a glance. It shows the highlights. The detail sits in linked reports.
Example
A dashboard for Nord Signal's operations managers would show the three measures they are judged on. These are pass success rate, overtime as a share of hours and operating profit.
Nord Signal AB is a fictional company created for Insyt.
See how it works
- Identify the decision
- Choose trustworthy measures
- Display trends and context
- Investigate and act
Check your understanding
Common mistake: More charts do not necessarily make a dashboard more useful.
What should be defined before building a dashboard?
Show explanation
The audience, key questions and decisions the information must support.
For your role
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Why it matters
It puts the few measures a team is judged on in one place.
Where it is used
Team meetings, leadership reviews and daily performance checks.