Welcome to The Dashboard Spy

Known by various names, dashboards come in all types. Business intelligence front-ends, scorecards, enterprise dashboards, executive dashboards, digital dashboards, KPI reports, just to name a few.

Whatever you call them, the intuitive nature of business dashboards have become the universal "face of business intelligence". Dashboards allow at-a-glance understanding of the business situation and makes for easier decision making.

The easiest way to learn about enterprise dashboards is to study examples of them. That's what the Dashboard Spy is all about. Take a look at the screenshots gathered here. You'll learn a LOT about dashboards and business intelligence.

Evolution of Data Reporting

Data Dashboard Topic: The Evolution of Data Reporting

Dashboard Spy here with an interesting diagram for you data reporting professionals out there. Take a look at this graphic. I find it helpful to think of the move from Operational to Executive to Departmental to Enterprise Wide views of data reporting.

I would say that these divisions still hold. Even though dashboard reporting is now embraced by all levels of the enterprise, real funding for dashboard projects don’t occur until the initiative is thought of as “enterprise wide”.

Hubert Lee
The Dashboard Spy