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Information dashboard design

13 Common Mistakes in Dashboard Design

Parsa Shahidi

Shahab Zarghami

Too Much Data

Too Much

Data

Fragmenting Data into Separate Screens

- Separated into discrete screens to which one must navigate

- Separated into different instances of a single screen that are accessed through some form of interaction

Data

Fragmentation

Requiring Scrolling

People commonly assume that anything that lies beyond their immediate field of vision and requires scrolling to see is of less importance than what's immediately visible

Requiring

Scrolling

Displaying Excessive

Detail or Precision

Displaying

Excessive Detail

Scale Mistakes

Scale

Mistakes

Supplying Inadequate

Context for the Data

Choosing a Deficient Measure

Choosing a

Deficient Measure

Encoding Quantitative Data Inaccurately

Encoding Quantitative

Data Inaccurately

Ugly Dashboard

Ugly Dashboard

Unattractive Visual Display

Unattractive

Visual Display

Choosing Inappropriate

Display Media

Choosing Inappropriate Display Media

Introducing Meaningless Variety

Introducing Meaningless

Variety

Poorly Designed

Display Media

Poorly Designed Display Media

Arranging the Data Poorly

Arranging

the Data Poorly

Highlighting Important

Data Ineffectively or Not at All

Highlighting Important Data Ineffectively