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1 what is Dashboard

When it comes to Dashboard, people often immediately think of the car dashboard. Not only because of the same name, but also because many BI manufacturers equate the two to varying degrees. But as part of BI, Dashboard is a concept that covers much more than a display method.

First of all, it is an idea and a solution. Traditional reports are generated by printing on paper. Although the production of reports has long changed from manual drawing to the generation of computer software, the design and application of reports still retain the characteristics of paper output in many aspects. For example, the report attaches importance to paging, and the restrictions on the display output span, and so on.

Dashboard is an interface that breaks through paper limitations. To some extent, we can say that Dashboard is a kind of report that only exists in the computer. In thinking, Dashboard abandons the restriction that the final output must be printed, and then can make full use of the interactive function of the computer to optimize the display and transmission of information.

Second, Dashboard is no longer an one-way output channel, but a fully interactive interface. Although modern reports also support many user controls, such as parameter input, links, and so on. But generally speaking, the report is a print-based media, and user interaction is a secondary consideration.

And Dashboard as a kind of interface beyond printing, its design is no longer limited to paper. For example, the width of the page that must be considered in the display of the table in the report. If the page width is exceeded, the table must consider pagination and line wrapping. Dashboard can use a scroll bar to handle the flipping of content. More importantly, Dashboard can embed different controls and become an information application system with a large number of functions to a certain extent.

2 types of Dashboard

Dashboard can be divided into two categories: analysis-based Dashboard and monitoring-based Dashboard.

Most of the so-called Dashboard is supervised. Its characteristic is mainly based on information display. User interaction is usually limited to links to the next level of Dashboard or report. In these Dashboard, we will see the common dashboard display:

Or a tighter and more efficient Sparkline or bullet map.

The Dashboard of the analysis class is usually chart-based, plus other controls. Users can control the display, calculation, filtering, and grouping of data through controls and direct manipulation on the chart.

Usually, the use of these two types of Dashboard complements each other. A user usually observes the data by monitoring the Dashboard first. If there is a situation that requires further analysis, the user can link to the appropriate analysis Dashboard.

3 comparison of Dashboard software

Dashboard software can be roughly divided into two categories:

1. Pure Dashboard manufacturer

two。 Report tool + dashboard

Pure Dashboard tools are usually a front-end display interface. The simplest software is only through a set of display components. More comprehensive features also include diagrams and a design interface. But most have little or no back-end support.

The attitude of report manufacturers towards Dashboard is usually limited to the display of dashboards. Usually with an instrument graphic display, it is declared that it supports Dashboard.

Unfortunately, this idea of putting the cart before the horse is a mainstream among report manufacturers.

4 New generation Dashboard

British StyleScope represents the design idea of a new generation of Dashboard. As a report manufacturer, StyleScope is not constrained by the traditional reporting thinking, but makes full use of the interaction of the computer interface to create a new user experience.

At the same time, StyleScope retains its tight integration with reports. Users can seamlessly switch from Dashboard to the corresponding report.

In the support of Dashboard, StyleScope contains rich monitoring and analysis functions. Users can design dashboards, Sparkline, bullet drawings. The function of analysis is based on a very powerful chart processor.

Designers can generate almost any kind of chart. Users can also select, filter, expand, and view detailed data in the chart through the browsing interface.

StyleScope is a visual development software that really supports the best BI mode of "Monitor > Analyze > Action".

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