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Dashboards & BI Tools
DASHBOARDS give stakeholders live views of the numbers that matter. Popular tools: Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Metabase.
Good dashboards focus on decisions โ not every possible chart.
Example 1 (python)
# 5 KPIs at top, 2 comparisons in middle, 1 detail table at bottomA clean dashboard layout.
Example 2 (python)
# Use consistent colours: green = good, red = badColour conventions matter.
Key points
- Focus on decisions, not everything.
- Consistent colours and units.
- Refresh frequency should match the decision.
- Explain the metric in a tooltip.
๐ก Note: The best dashboards are the ones people actually open every day โ measure usage, not just clicks to build.
