Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Using Dashboards
Effectively visualizing large sets of quantitative
information has become a vital task in most orga-
nizations today. It has also become an extremely
time-consuming task. This is solved by the intro-
duction of the information dashboard. An infor-
mation dashboard, simply put, allows its audience
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to monitor the status of their business in an
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instant. This chapter focuses on applying visual-
ization techniques using the dashboard items pro-
vided by Yahoo! Web Analytics. This is not a best
practice guide on choosing the best possible KPIs
for your business, division, or unit, but a guide on
what to do once you have them.
Chapter Contents
Defining a Dashboard
Adding a New Dashboard
Adding New Dashboard Items
Understanding Dashboard Items
