9 Steps to Creating Interactive Dashboards

Posted in Dashboards | Sunday, July 27th, 2008 | Trackback

While doing some research into flash charting components, I came across this interesting dashboard tutorial from anychart.com. The dashboard creation tutorial walks the reader through the following nine steps:

  1. Choose the Data
  2. Choose the Layout
  3. Convert the Data
  4. Convert the Layout
  5. Put Data and Layout Together
  6. Plan the Interactivity
  7. Prepare the Data for the Interactive Dashboard
  8. Implement the Interactive Dashboard
  9. Launch the Interactive Dashboard

In addition to showing code examples, the tutorial offers these interesting dashboard wireframes:

dashboard bar chart dashboard line graph

dashboard line and bar charts dashboard pie chart and donut graph

dashboard graphs dashboard layout

interactive dashboard graph

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    1. mr-tom Says:

      I love those mock ups.

      I generally use a graphics tablic myself (I’m one of the sinners who didn’t buy Wacom) but there is a real charm and value to the “I did this with a felt tip” approach, especially as you can get absolutely everybody involved.

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