Dashboard Screenshots published on April 20, 2006. I see that many of you Dashboard Spies out there are very interested in the tried and true excel spreadsheet approach to executive dashboards. Thanks to a download from javaplanetinc.com, there is this excel dashboard worksheet file for you to experiment with. Here are 2 excel dashboard screenshots. The first shows the graphic presentation of the data. There are 2 larger sections across the top of the screen. On the left is a pie chart showing salary by department and on the right side, we have a simple listing of outstanding balances. Below this section we have 4 smaller portlets (sales by region, budget by project, current output by plant, and sales by business unit). To show you that this is straight excel, I've taken a screenshot of the second sheet in the workbook. Try this with your own data and see what you come up with. Remember to send us your enterprise dashboard screenshots so that we can all learn how executive dashboards apply to your business.
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Homework: Don't ignore excel as a dashboard tool. It's graphing ability is powerful and the number of users is unmatched. If you need a refresher on the tool, see these books on excel
Tags: Excel Dashboard, Enterprise dashboards, executive dashboard, excel dashboards
So what or who is The Dashboard Spy? As his about page states, The Dashboard Spy is just a guy interested in the design of enterprise dashboards. He could not find any executive dashboard design source books (or even screenshots of real business dashboards) and so set about creating his own. Finally convinced to post his extensive collection of dashboard screenshots online, he was amazed to find how popular it has become. If you have a nice screenshot of a digital dashboard, balanced scorecard, or any business intelligence graphic to share, please send an email to info _at_ dashboardspy.com. Also check out The Dashboard Spy's favorite books.
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