Although any report visual can be pinned to a dashboard, only the visuals that either align with a corporate standard or that represent a critical insight or starting point should be represented on dashboards. Additionally, dense or relatively complex visuals, such as tables, matrices, and scatter charts should rarely be pinned to dashboards. Per the Global sales dashboard in the previous section, KPI visuals with built-in conditional formatting logic and supporting context are usually the best choices for dashboards.
For example, if a table or matrix is considered to be the most valuable visual within a report, a KPI or card visual could be created targeting, but summarizing, the same business question. The KPI or card ...