Dashboards & Data Visualizations

When it comes to using a Business Intelligence (BI) platform, typically, a company will fall into one of two scenarios regarding the usage of these platforms.

What-If Analysis is the idea of changing input values to see the outcome of your data based on given adjustments.

It's time to stop thinking about Business Intelligence as a cost, rather than a way to save or make money. 

Predictive Analytics is an often talked about feature in Business Intelligence.

Predictive Analytics is one area of Business Intelligence (BI) that users tend to have very high expectations about.

In this video, I share a concept that we use when putting dashboards up on big-screen TVs around the office.

To make your BI project a real success, comprehensive requirements gathering is the first and the most important step of the journey.

Finding an alternative to simply jamming too many series onto a single chart.

When you evaluate a BI tool, you need to ensure the tool you choose will evolve with your requirements.

Cycle plots are an elegant visualization very few people have heard of but especially useful to understand data trends across individual segments. 

Self-Service dashboards give users the freedom to explore enterprise datasets to make actionable decisions with minimal to no IT support.

Dashboards are meant to give insights. Don't just treat them like 'pretty reports'.

With 2020 squarely in the rearview mirror, let's rewind and examine the best business intelligence and data analytics content of the last 12 months

Say hello to Dundas BI Version 8, the most powerful, highest performing version of Dundas BI to date.

Understanding what dashboards are, what good dashboards are comprised of, and how good dashboards are designed, will help you create thoughtful, impact dashboards like these three.

Not every business intelligence software is capable of delivering exactly what you need, and if you’re serious about doing what’s best for your data, then you’ll seriously want to ensure these 5 analytics features are present.

By leveraging state indicators, dashboard designers can contextualize analysis, change user’s behaviors, communicate critical information quickly, and enhance the user experience.

Give Sales managers a dashboard that empowers them to drill into and diagnose performance issues based on the numerous activities that lead to opportunity creation their Sales teams partake in and allow them to discover new ways to grow future revenues.

The best way to build and facilitate a Sales culture – one that rewards hard work and recognizes tangible successes – is by visualizing the status of all Sales activities using real-time dashboards.

Dashboard design is as important as the data itself. If you want to evoke emotion and keep your users coming back for more, you'll want to incorporate these four dashboard design tips.