Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Dashboard users
Dashboards offer a quick, bird's-eye view of information. They are often used by
executives and middle-management to gauge performance of a limited number of
Key Performance Indicators
(
KPI
s) against predefined targets.
Data displayed in dashboards is usually aggregated at a high level. Drill-downs to
more granular data, while technically not a problem in QlikView, are purposely
limited. When dashboard users spot an anomaly in the data, they may simply ask an
analyst to dig deeper.
Typical data visualization on a dashboard includes speedometers and traffic lights
to provide, at a quick glance, the current status of the defined KPIs. The following
screenshot depicts a typical, albeit cleanly formatted, dashboard:
