Category Archives: Design Tips

Various methods of creating Digital Dashboards - Part 4

Read about the
Type - 1 approach
Type - 2 approach
Type - 3 approach
Type 4: This type defines the method of creating dashboard using Excel. The data and presentation is all part of the Excel file. This is the most popular approach as it is very easy and affordable to create dashboards. It is the least favourable […]

Various methods of creating Digital Dashboards - Part 3

Read about the Type 2 Approach
Type 3: This category involves the use of some big vendor BI tool. These BI tools are quite comprehensive and come with tons of options to choose from. They provide ad-hoc reporting and easy dashboard creation options. Once installed and configured, there is often a need to define data layer […]

Various methods of creating Digital Dashboards - Part 2

This is a continuation of the Dashboard Creation Methods
Type 2: This category involves the use of some Dashboard designing tool. You need to download and install the third party software and learn their basic steps in designing the dashboards. Most often the designing tools offer variety of connection methods to the various databases and write […]

Various methods of creating Digital Dashboards - Part 1

Are you trying to build a Dashboard or a new Application?
Three are three types of Dashboard Solutions
Type 1: This category defines those tutorials where you built everything from scratch. You write your own SQL queries, database connection methods and create data files. Then you construct your own presentation layer by defining the html, XML and […]

Building Real-Time Supply Chain Dashboards

Forget pie charts and gauges; get rid of the clutter; find out what info really drives decision; the “business of now”

With all the focus today on “metrics” and dashboards, actually building ones that add real value is a difficult exercise. There are two real issues in building dashboards:

What information can really drive improved, real-time decision-making?
Understanding […]

Storage Console Dashboard - SLA Dashboard - Job dashboard

this Dashboard is the most neatest stuff ,well and good color contrast.
 
SLA Dashboard
NetBackup -Job Status Summary

Total Job VS month (Period)
I wish if I can scale the horizontal scale so that I could print it instantly ,other than scrolling that horizontal bar.But still its a clear and good example.

NetBackup- Job Volume summary

backup bytes Volume VS months […]

EM7 - Bandwidht Dashboard -Enterprise -wide Bandwidth usage

Bandwidth Dashboard
Highest Average Network

The dark black color could had been avoided with more ligher shades for more pleasant looks.
MPS vs Applications

Enterprise -wide Bandhwidht usage,per hour

MPs vs period (days | hours )

Highest Average Network usage per hour ,last 7 days

MPS vs the program name.

National Gas Price Dashboard - AAA - Corda Centerview

This is another dashboard from Corda. The dashboard looks neat and serves the purpose of showing gas prices by state.
However, There is a major flaw with the bar charts? Can you spot them?
Exactly, the bar charts just look like plain rectangle and it is not the tool problem but a design issue.
The reason it appears […]

Project Task Dashboard - CPI -SPI -Cost -Schedule Variance

Project Task Dashboard

CPI /SPI
Performance Summary
Cost /Schedule variance
Task Matrix

The Dashboard looks simple and good ,I wished if the scaleing number on the edges to be more bigger enough to be visible and be black in color text.
The Task Matrix looks quite ugly with the pink background .The Text in legend needs to be more visible.

Ugly Heat Map Dashboard

There is nothing much to comment about this dashboard except the obvious thing is the use of colors. The choice of colors is plain ugly and very tough on eyes. A softer shades of the same colors could deliver the same information with better aesthetics.

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