
Savings = One Thousand Words
With the recent launch of iDashboards v7.5 came a variety of new chart types; primarily Presentation Charts. For the first time in iDashboards history our charts can display more than text, dates or numbers. Presentation charts have the unique ability…

Dashboarding: A Game Changer
I think it’s a safe assumption these days that most organizations have changed operational gears; looking to our past, let’s say the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was a lot easier to hit the auto-pilot button, sit back and…

Creating BI with the End-User in Mind
One trend I’ve noticed while working with customers is a scenario we’ve named “scope creep”. This refers to the tendency of dashboarding projects to quickly get out of range with the target the developer is trying to hit. Something to…

Dashboard Collaboration
Collaboration via document management has become a central focus for many organizations, raising the question, how can we expand the concept beyond simple document collaboration and begin to collaborate on the central mission – including the critical metrics and KPIs…

Technology Travels, a BI Dashboarding Tool
As we all know, today’s travel in the airport environment has become more complex and stressful due in part to our new global security concerns and outdated technology. I recently had the opportunity to travel to one of our global…

Capture Your Slice of the Pie
It’s getting cold outside. Thanksgiving is just a few weeks way and I’m excited to see my family and enjoy an amazing feast. While some others will be carelessly eating away at their pumpkin pie, I’ll be analyzing the size of…

Holistic View of the Organization
Dashboards are a great way to keep track of important metrics and are a useful tool to help executive teams see where the organization is heading. The executives can maneuver the plans based on the latest trends on the dashboards.…