{"id":52826,"date":"2022-09-27T03:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=52826"},"modified":"2022-09-27T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T07:35:00","slug":"five-key-analytics-dashboard-best-practices-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/27\/five-key-analytics-dashboard-best-practices-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Key Analytics Dashboard Best Practices to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Rachel Stewart<\/a> – Before you start answering questions, you need to know exactly what you\u2019re trying to find out. The starting point of most any dashboarding project should be a whiteboarding session with the end-users; the dashboard becomes a collection of visuals that hold the ability to answer their questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every single visual you create, make sure you\u2019re answering a specific question. Each graph needs to be intentional and purposeful, and it\u2019s very important to have your KPIs clearly defined well before you start building. If you don\u2019t include your stakeholders from the very beginning, you\u2019ll almost certainly have a lot more reworking to do after initial production is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generating\u00a0meaningful visualizations<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is nearly impossible without a good data foundation. Unclean data means holes and problems will need to be patched and fixed further down the pipeline. Many\u00a0BI<\/strong> <\/a>tools<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0have functions that can format\/prepare your data and generate some level of relational modeling for building your visualizations. However, too much modeling and logic in the tool itself will lead to large performance issues, and most BI tools aren\u2019t specifically built with data wrangling in mind. A well-modeled semantic layer in a separate tool that handles all the necessary business logic is often essential for performance and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The semantic layer is the step in preparation where the business logic is performed, joins are defined, and data is formatted from its raw form so it\u2019s understandable and logical for users going forward. For Power BI<\/strong> users, for example, you would likely generate tabular models within SSAS. With a strong semantic layer in place before you even get to the BI tool, there will be little to no data management to be done in the tool itself. This means there is less processing the BI tool needs to handle and a much cleaner governance system. Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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