OBIEE11g Golden Rules: Dashboard Building

First of al the original inspiration for these “Golden Rules” Series are based on the “20 GOLDEN RULES FOR REPOSITORY DESIGN” from the people at Peak Indicators. Kudos to them. I just added my own observations.

The series contains:

• RPD-Physical Layer
• RPD-Business Model Layer
• RPD-Presentation Layer
• Report Building
• Dashboard Building
• Catalog management

The “rules” is this article are somewhat in random order

This is really a work in progress, will be updated soon! (Bit pressed for Time   )

Dashboard Design

- Don’t crowd the dashboard

Divide your report over several pages! Check why a user really needs 25 pages…..

- Avoid scrolling

Remember that your developers screen is often bigger then the user screen

- Check for screen size

If the user has only a 1024 * 768, then make your own resolution the same!

- Check for mobile

- Animation

- Colours

Before you start using non standard colours have a look a some colour theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color, not every colour combination does well…..

This is always a “work in progress” and please feel free to make any suggestions!

Till Next Time!