Monthly Archives: September 2008

Stock Market Dashboard

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

Every time I post a business dashboard that makes use of dial gauges, I get lots of feedback from data visualization experts about why the gauges don’t add much value to the dashboard. OK, my infoviz specialists, try my latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Dashboard Screenshots | Tagged data visualization design, dial gauges on digital dashboards, Stock Market Dashboard | 8 Comments

Animating Dashboard Charts with Flash

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

The previous post detailing a Lotus Notes Dashboard showed some good looking charts and graphs. What the screenshots did not show, however, was the fact that those graphs were animated. Today we give you a flavor of the animation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dashboard Screenshots | Tagged flash animation charts, flash dashboards, flash graphs, FusionCharts, fusionmaps, fusionwidgets, infosoft global | 90 Comments

Dashboards in Lotus Notes

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

Thanks goes to the Dashboard Spy reader who sent in material regarding creating dashboard reports in the Lotus Notes client. My quick research leads me to agree with your opinion that the “buy” option is better than the “build” option. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dashboard Screenshots | Tagged Intelliprint dashboard, lotus notes dashboards, synaptris dashboard | 145 Comments

A Beautiful Dashboard Journey

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

Business dashboard projects are often journeys rather than simple implementations. It’s a journey through a world of choices between the right metrics, the technologies, the data collection challenges and data visualization techniques. Sometimes it feels to us dashboard designers that … Continue reading →

Posted in Dashboard Screenshots | Tagged Dashboard Design, dashboard design iterative tale, dashboard journey, dashboard sparklines, excel 2003 dashboard, excel dashboard | 105 Comments

Difference Between BI and BAM

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Dashboard Spy

A Dashboard Spy reader wanted to know the difference between BAM (Business Activity Monitoring) and BI (Business Intelligence). He caught part of a BAM software presentation from an enterprise software vendor and was hard-pressed to see the difference between what … Continue reading →

Posted in Dashboard Screenshots | Tagged BAM dashboard, BAM definition, bi vs bam, Business Activity Monitoring, business activity monitoring definition, iway dashboard | 9 Comments