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kpi-dashboard-design
Comprehensive patterns for designing effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards that drive business decisions.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific patterns and frameworks for KPI dashboard design that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
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About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 44,571 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
KPI Dashboard Design Comprehensive patterns for designing effective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboards that drive business decisions. Do not use this skill when The task is unrelated to kpi dashboard design You need a different domain or tool outside this scope Instructions Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs. Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes. Provide actionable steps and verification. If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md. Use this skill when Designing executive dashboards Selecting meaningful KPIs Building real-time monitoring displays Creating department-specific metrics views Improving existing dashboard layouts Establishing metric governance Core Concepts 1. KPI Framework Level Focus Update Frequency Audience --------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------- Strategic Long-term goals Monthly/Quarterly Executives Tactical Department goals Weekly/Monthly Managers Operational Day-to-day Real-time/Daily Teams 2. SMART KPIs 3. Dashboard Hierarchy Common KPIs by Department Sales KPIs Marketing KPIs Product KPIs Finance KPIs Dashboard Layout Patterns Pattern 1: Executive Summary Pattern 2: SaaS Metrics Dashboard Pattern 3: Real-time Operations Implementation Patterns SQL for KPI Calculations Use resources/metric-queries.sql for executable normalized-input examples. users contains one row per customer, events contains user/month observations, spend contains source spend rows, and monthlyrevenue contains one reconciled amount per month. Represent months as an integer year × 12 + month − 1 so offsets do not wrap after December. The queries keep the original cohort denominator, deduplicate activity before counting, aggregate spend before joining customers, and return NULL for undefined growth or acquisition cost. Missing cohort/month combinations need an explicit reporting calendar if zero-activity rows must be displayed. …
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