Having access to the right information at the right time isn’t just a luxury for modern businesses anymore—it’s a necessity. And that’s where KPI dashboard software comes into play. These powerful tools can transform raw data into clear insights, helping companies make informed decisions both quickly and effectively. But with so many options available, how do you choose the right one for your needs?

Using KPI dashboards is the best way to keep track of your company’s performance. It gives you a clear picture (quite literally) of where your business stands and what you need to tweak to make things run smoothly. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about KPI dashboards – different types of dashboards, their importance, how to build one, common mistakes, and best practices, and include examples that you can use right away.

A very common request we get from analytics users across all industries is the ability to export dashboard and analytic content to external files for collaboration and sharing. Whether the requirement is to export to PDF or export to XLS, exporting dashboard content to another popular media format remains an expected and important feature of modern business intelligence (BI). However, many analytics vendors lack options in exporting content, limiting the ability to share reports with non-analytics users.

Welcome to the latest entry in Yellowfin Japan’s ‘How to?’ blog series! This series of blogs aims to provide your team with another hands-on example of adding data visualization to your Yellowfin dashboards, using our array of chart and graph types. In our previous blog, we created a heat grid by aggregating on the basis of Day of Week and Time of Day. By sorting the axes of the chart, we were able to create an easy-to-read chart lined up from Sunday to Saturday and from 0:00 to 23:00.

In today’s data-driven world, businesses rely heavily on their dashboards to make informed decisions. However, traditional dashboards often lack the intuitive interface needed to truly harness the power of data. But what if you could simply talk to your data and get instant insights? In the latest version of Cloudera Data Visualization, we’re introducing a new AI visual that helps users leverage the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) to “talk” to their data..

The retail industry is constantly evolving, and so is the way that businesses use BI tools. Retail business intelligence (BI) dashboards are now more important than ever, as they allow businesses to monitor their operations in a more comprehensive way. In this article, we explore the benefits of using BI dashboards in the retail industry, and discuss some of the ways in which they are transforming how it operates.

Our ability to tell stories is an art form as old as language itself. From ancient cave paintings to oral traditions passed through generations, the essence of stories has evolved alongside our communication methods. It began with visual tales etched on cave walls, transitioned into spoken narratives, and eventually found its way into written, printed, and typed forms.

For even the most tech- and data-savvy individuals, working with the levels of raw data produced by businesses today is overwhelming. Well-executed data dashboards solve this problem by eliminating the noise and drilling down to just the data points necessary at that moment. A data dashboard's dynamic nature helps your team get the most up-to-the-minute information right when they need it.

Welcome to the latest entry in Yellowfin Japan’s ‘How to?’ blog series! In our previous blog, we created a pie chart that aggregates on the basis of category. By using set analysis, we were able to represent the percentage of Books Only in the numeric display, based on the composition of the items ordered.