By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development / Owner, FocusMPS
What is a BI dashboard?
Essentially a BI (Business Intelligence) dashboard is an interactive way to move through important business metrics and data points. You can start with a global view and then “drill down” to get more specific insights. The goal is to take a mountain of data; possibly from different sources like Excel and SQL; and marry them in such a way that actionable intelligence is created.
A BI dashboard is kind of like the dashboard in your car. As you are driving along you can quickly scan the dashboard in your car to determine how fast you’re going, how much fuel you have remaining, and what the temperature is outside. The key to a good vehicle dashboard is to provide information quickly without undue distraction to the driver. Keep your eyes on the road! Good BI dashboards have the same qualities in that they should provide meaningful insights without any mental calisthenics. read more here