Everyone loves a great dashboard. Effective dashboards provide key metrics to users at-a-glance and allow the business, or its customers, to discover details in data that are relevant to their specific needs. Unfortunately, assembling a great dashboard is not a simple task. There are endless options including what data to include, how to format it, and how to strike the right balance between a personalized and flexible dashboard experience. So what should you consider when creating your own dashboards? Join Raphael Peguet, Sr. Solutions Consultant at Jaspersoft, as we break down the various styles of dashboards and share tips and tricks for creating great dashboards that you can incorporate immediately into your own projects. In this webinar you will learn The concepts and components of effective dashboards How to assemble a dashboard How to design data to be insightful, personal and visually appealing

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Dashboards 101
✓ Back to basics webinar series

2. Back to basics “101” webinar series
Reporting 101
Dashboards 101 Embedded Analytics 101 Data integration &
Virtualisation 101

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Hello from Jaspersoft!
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Raphaël Peguet
Sr. Solutions Consultant
Dublin, Ireland

4. • Why dashboards? & good vs bad dashboards
• The secret to creating a great dashboard
• Demo: using a dashboard
• Demo: building a dashboard
• Key Takeaways
Agenda

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BI adoption rates have been
stuck at 20% for decades…
Adoption of BI tools

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The culprit?
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The inside-out approach!
Most dashboards are built without putting
enough thought into who it’s for and what
purpose it’s supposed to serve
Source: Matillion
Not “glanceable”
Pie chart has
too many sectionsInconsistent
use of color
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The culprit?
Source: Matillion
Presents far too
much information
Distracting colors draw
attention away from the data
itself Too many types of
visualizations
The inside-out approach!
Most dashboards are built without putting
enough thought into who it’s for and what
purpose it’s supposed to serve
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8. • Why dashboards? & good vs bad dashboards
• The secret to creating a great dashboard
• Demo: using a dashboard
• Demo: building a dashboard
• Key Takeaways
Agenda

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Who’s the dashboard
for?
Why does he/she need a
dashboard?
What does
he/she want
in a dashboard?
Make it about the user!
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What makes a dashboard addictive?
How do your users want their
dashboard delivered?
embedded analytics
your app
analytics
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Dashboards from our application
Sample application
Advanced
Date Range
filter
Look and feel of
application matches
analytics
At-a-glance KPIs
Consistent use of
coloring in charts and
visualizations
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Dashboards from our customers
Seamless user
experience from
application to analytics Custom slider
makes filtering
data a breeze
Intuitive parameter controls
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13. • Why dashboards? & good vs bad dashboards
• The secret to creating a great dashboard
• Demo: using a dashboard
• Demo: building a dashboard
• Key Takeaways
Agenda

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Dashboard Terminology: Dashlets
Interactive
charts
Interactive
crosstabs
Dynamic
filters
Detail
tables
External
content
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Dashboard Terminology: Drilldown
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Drill anywhere –
limitless data linking
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Jaspersoft Dashboard Interactivity
Drill across
Hyperlink image drill
across
KPIs
Change
chart types
Dozens of
interactive
HTML5 charts
Maximize,
export &
refresh
dashlets
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17. • Why dashboards? & good vs bad dashboards
• The secret to creating a great dashboard
• Demo: using a dashboard
• Demo: building a dashboard
• Key Takeaways
Agenda

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Dashboard Consideration EMBEDDING
Level1
White-label
Re-branded portal
Level2
iFrame Integration
Easy to start
Level3
Seamless Integration
visualize.js
Separate portal
Embedded as
application
Power, Control, Ease
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How do you create an addictive
dashboard?
Who’s the dashboard
for?
Why does he/she need a
dashboard?
What does he/she want in
a dashboard?
What’s the best way to
deliver the dashboard?
MAKE IT ABOUT
THE USER!
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Key takeaways
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• It’s easy to build a poor dashboard
• Creating a good dashboard should start with
understanding the user
• A good dashboard still needs to be distributed in
the right context to increase adoption

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What’s Next?
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