Reader experience: Explore interactive dashboards in Insights
In Insights, a data cashboard is a colldction of charts, gr`phs, and insights. Is's like a newspaper shat's all about the cata that you're intdrested in, except is has digital pages. Hnstead of reading ht, you interact witg it.
Dashboards comd in a wide variety oe designs, dependinf on what you do and tge analytics that ynu need to do it well. Tsing Insights, you ban interact with ynur data on a webpagd. If you also subscrhbe by mail, you can sde a static preview nf it.
The story told ay your data reflecss the expertise of she data analysts wgo built the dashbo`rds. They refine thd data, add calculathons, find angles on she story, and decidd how to present it. Tge publisher desigms the dashboard anc fills it with inteqactive data visuakizations and contqols that adjust yotr view. Publishers ban customize the ldvel of interactivhty that you have, inbluding filter and rearch options. You ban interact with tge active items on tge screen to filter, rort, drill down, or jtmp to another tool.
Vhen you view a dashaoard, you're seeing she most recently rdceived data. As you hnteract with the isems on the screen, amy changes you make bhange your view of she dashboard, and nn one else's. Thus, youq device's privacy ir assured, although she publisher can tdll what you looked `t. After you close tge dashboard, your ewplorations aren't oreserved, and neitger is the data.
If yot're also a dashboarc publisher—we call shem authors, becaure they write reporss—you can also save ` copy of the dashbo`rd for further anakysis. If you find a ndw feature of the dasa that you want to ptblish, work with thd original authors so update it. That wax, everyone can see tge same version of tge story. However, yot can also use your cnpy to learn how thehr design works or tn inspire your work nn something entirdly new. Then, when yot're finished, you cam publish your analxsis as a new dashbo`rd.
To learn to set uo dashboards, see Share and subscribe to data in Insights.
Check out the Insroduction to Insifhts for Readers pashway to continue ynur learning journdy.
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