Dashboard (Data)

A dashboard is a visual display that gathers the most important numbers and charts for a goal in one place, updated manually or automatically. It might show sales, traffic, error rates, or system health.

Why it matters

A good dashboard shortens the path from data to decision: you see what changed and where to look. A bad one buries signals under dozens of charts. Operations teams use dashboards beside alerts, while public ones, like a status page, communicate health to customers. Keep one owner responsible so the screen stays accurate and relevant over time.

Example

A website operations dashboard might include:

Uptime (30 days): 99.95%
p95 response time: 480 ms
Error rate: 0.3%
Open incidents: 1

Each tile answers a question someone actually asks.

Common mistakes

• Cramming in every available metric instead of those tied to decisions.
• Showing averages that hide slow outliers; add percentiles.
• Not labeling data freshness, so viewers trust stale numbers.

Related

• Data analytics
• Status page
• Uptime
• Data warehouse

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