{"id":235,"date":"2018-03-28T23:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2019-07-03T18:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T01:29:42","slug":"white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards\/","title":{"rendered":"White paper on best practices for powerful dashboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In any domain in any organization, great dashboards are valuable not only because they can sum up important information and offer a single view of data, but also because they are simple to use and offer a quick, unambiguous way to draw meaningful conclusions from data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/white-paper-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?fit=800%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,797\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whitepaper_powerfuldashboards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?fit=800%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-212 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"white paper - powerful dashboards\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?resize=768%2C765&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?resize=600%2C598&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/whitepaper_powerfuldashboards.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Developing and designing such powerful dashboards does not come easily. Organizing data so it can be easily consumed and quickly understood by operational staff or decision makers requires a thorough understanding of the data and the business needs as well as skills, knowledge, and experience. The design, format, annotations, filters, arrangement, visualization type, and the underlying data all help make the difference between just another dashboard and a powerful dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Download your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/white-paper-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards\/\">free copy of this white paper<\/a> which covers the key characteristics of such powerful dashboards and the best practices for developing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In any domain in any organization, great dashboards are valuable not only because they can sum up important information and offer a single view of data, but also because they are simple to use and offer a quick, unambiguous way to draw meaningful conclusions from data. 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