Dashboard Screenshots published on May 12, 2006. Long-term readers of the Dashboard Spy know how much I like studying real-world, physical dashboards for ideas to use when implementing digital dashboards. Here's one from the Coachella Valley Music and Film Festival. It is a poster board mounted at various chainlink fence checkpoints backstage. Since there are so many event types and participants, it can be difficult for security agents to remember what areas the various ID bracelets entitle wearers to. Using this dashboard, the security agent can match each bracelet type to the picture and description and allow or disallow access. A check means entry is permitted and an X means entry is denied. Think of this as a real-world Access Control List with associated entitlements. Neat.
Tags: enterprise dashboard, executive dashboard, physical dashboards, security dashboard, enteprise dashboard
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