Dashboards

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Kaelen Medeiros

Data Scientist at Medidata Solutions

What is a dashboard?

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Tracking a value over time

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Tracking composition over time

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Categorical comparison

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Data from the past 30 days

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Highlighting a single number

 

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Displaying text

 

Timestamp Comment
Oct 9, 2018 12:57:05 Awesome website! Loved the new layout.
Oct 10 2018 03:16:00 Had trouble getting the website to load. I couldn't buy my favorite product!
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Where can we build a dashboard?

  • Spreadsheets: Excel or Google Sheets
  • BI Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Looker
  • Customized tools: R Shiny or d3.js

 

Be consistent across an organization!

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Requesting a dashboard

Is a dashboard the correct solution?
  • Will you use it multiple times?
  • Does it need to be updated daily or weekly?
  • Will the request always be the same?
  • Be specific
  • Specify your use case
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Let's practice!

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