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One report almost went out with the wrong month's numbers.
A dashboard hadn't refreshed before the export ran. Caught it before it sent now every report confirms the data's freshness before it goes out, not after.
→ Automating the report still needs one manual check: is this actually current?
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 📊
Most dashboards show you what happened.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁?
📈 Sales increased by 𝟮𝟰%
📉 Profit declined by 𝟭𝟮%
📉 Margin dropped by 𝟮𝟵%
𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲:
* Cap discounts at 𝟮𝟬%
* Review 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀
* Focus on the 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
For me, a good dashboard isn’t just about making charts look nice.
It should help someone quickly understand the problem and decide what to look at next.
🎥 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱:
https://lnkd.in/dcfWwznc