Monthly Archives: June 2008

Small Business Dashboards

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

Several readers of Dashboards By Example have reminded me that the objective of the blog, as the name suggests, is to show actual examples of dashboards. It’s nice to see the cutting edge visualizations and hear about the theories behind … Continue reading →

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The Horizon Graph

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

Should you have a Horizon Graph for your dashboard? When a new information visualization technique is invented, it’s interesting news. The ones that are worthwhile find themselves in our mental toolboxes and eventually on our dashboards. Sparklines, bullet graphs, treemaps … Continue reading →

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Who is on your list of Dashboard Experts?

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

The design, implementation and maintenance of business dashboards spans a range of disciplines. Because dashboard design truely sits at the junction of business and technology, these disciplines are often not the areas of expertise found in the typical dashboard application … Continue reading →

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Flex Dashboard at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, aka the “Boston Fed”, is one of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks that make up the central banking system of the United States. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the Boston Fed serves the First Reserve District … Continue reading →

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4 Principles for Dashboard Gauges

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

In a recent Dashboards by Example post titled Dashboard Eye Candy, we poked fun at the usage of big honking dashboard gauges. Like them or not, however, they do indeed have their place on business intelligence applications. One of the … Continue reading →

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