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Most dashboards don’t have a visualization problem.
They have a KPI problem.
I’ve reviewed dozens of reporting systems recently and the pattern is consistent:
Metrics are defined differently across sheets
“Revenue” means one thing in finance and another in marketing
KPIs are tracked… but not tied to decisions
Dashboards look clean but don’t answer operational questions
When metric logic isn’t aligned, teams don’t have a data problem.
They have a decision problem.
That’s why I’ve started offering a structured KPI & Revenue Diagnostic Audit — focused on:
• Metric consistency
• Reporting logic
• Revenue driver alignment
• Decision-readiness
If you're building dashboards or scaling reporting systems, this layer matters more than design.
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Completely agree. Most dashboards optimize for visuals, not decision velocity. If KPIs aren’t standardized across teams, you’re basically scaling confusion. The real leverage is in metric governance before visualization.
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Most dashboards fail before they are even built.
Not because of bad charts.
Not because of wrong formulas.
Because the data underneath is structurally broken.
Here’s what I see often in small businesses:
• Dates stored as text
• Multiple columns for the same metric
• Inconsistent naming (Revenue / Sales / Total Sales)
• Manual copy-paste every week
• No clear data flow
Then they ask:
“Why doesn’t this dashboard update properly?”
A dashboard is just a mirror.
If the data structure is messy, the reflection will be distorted.
Before I build any report, I focus on 3 things:
Standardized column logic
Single source of truth
Repeatable data flow (no manual dependency)
Clean structure → Reliable metrics → Better decisions.
If your reporting feels fragile, the issue usually isn’t Excel.
It’s the foundation.
Completely agree. Dashboards amplify whatever foundation they sit on — messy data → misleading clarity. Standardization and single source of truth are massively underrated.
Project Title:
Sales Performance Dashboard Using Power BI
Description Example:
Designed an interactive Power BI dashboard to track sales performance, revenue trends and monthly KPIs. Automated data transformation using Power Query and built dynamic Excel models for reporting accuracy.
Tools Used:
• Microsoft Excel
• Power Query
• Power BI
Clean layout.
Curious — did you design the data model in a star schema, or were the relationships handled directly inside Power BI?
In my experience, long-term maintainability depends more on the model layer than the visuals.
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