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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Dashboards?
Abstract
Dashboards are one of the most common use cases for data visualization, and their design and contexts of use are considerably different from exploratory visualization tools. In this paper, we look at the broad scope of how dashboards are used in practice through an analysis of dashboard examples and documentation about their use. We systematically review the literature surrounding dashboard use, construct a design space for dashboards, and identify major dashboard types. We characterize dashboards by their design goals, levels of interaction, and the practices around them. Our framework and literature review suggest a number of fruitful research directions to better support dashboard design, implementation, and use.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sarikaya, A., Correll, M., Bartram, L., Tory, M., & Fisher, D.
- Affiliations
- Tableau Software (United States) (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
- Published
- 2019-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 682-692
- ISSN
- 1077-2626 (ISSN-L)
- 1941-0506
- 2160-9306
- OpenAlex
- W2888652842
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 28
- FWCI
- 15.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Microsoft Research
- Tableau Research
- Simon Fraser University
- NSERC
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design › Data Visualization and Analytics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design › Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Keywords
- dashboards, data visualization, dashboard design, design space, interaction level
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