What is a dashboard?

A dashboard is a visual representation of information that can help us spot a risk, or bad or wrong behavior. It also can help us monitor and track our performance. You can see a dashboard example in this screenshot:

What is a dashboard?

A dashboard is a container or view that can contain any number of the components listed as follows:

  • Indicators
  • Key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Key risk indicators (KRIs)
  • Scorecards
  • Reports

We will discuss each component in detail in the upcoming sections.

Indicators

An indicator is a visual effect that can add extra information that is not included in the original metric.

Note

A metric is a figure that measures something. ...

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