Dashboards help you monitor events or activities at a glance by providing key insights and analysis about your data on one page. In this article, we will review how to customize our pre-built dashboards or create one from scratch. 

We have numerous pre-built dashboards that cover everything from email marketing performance to repeat stay information in one view. Customize any of them to fit your needs below. 

• eInsight - campaign YTD dashboard
• eInsight - email capture dashboard
• eInsight - top rate types dashboard
• eInsight - repeat/new stay activity dashboard
• eInsight - campaigns by day of week dashboard

Create a New Dashboard

Select New, then Dashboard to open the Dashboard Editor.

Select a Dashboard Template

First, choose a type of dashboard: Single Page, Tabbed or Infographic. Then, select a layout. Select OK.

Select a Data Source

You can either choose the eInsightStays folder, which contains your stay data or your own uploaded file.

Option One: Choose an Uploaded File

Select the My Content folder, where you'll see your personal uploaded files. Select one to create a dashboard using that data. Select Add.

Option Two: Choose eInsightStays

For this example, select the Team content folder, then scroll down to select the eInsightStays folder. Select Add.

 

Select Filters

Click on the eInsight (query) folder to expand it. Then expand sub-folders to see the filters within.

Select, drag and drop your desired filters from the list on the left to the top of the column on the right. Repeat to include additional filters.

Select the criteria you want for the filter, than select Apply.

You'll see what criteria has been applied to the filter in the box directly below it.

To remove the filter from the canvas, click on it to activate the box around it. Then, select the trash icon. You can add the filter back to the canvas at any time.

Select Measures

Select, drag and drop your desired measures from the list on the left to the center of the canvas on the right. For example, choose Calculated Measures > Total Revenue. The data will calculated automatically.

Select a dimension and drop it on top of the measure. For example, choose Stay > Market Segment and place it on top of Total Revenue.

The dashboard will automatically default to a visualization best suited for the data.

Change Visualization Type

You can easily choose from many types of visualization. To change the type of visualization, click on the icon.

Change Data to Percentages

Select the Properties icon, then check the box for Display % to change the display to percentages. 

Learn More

The example detailed above explains only basic capabilities available for dashboards. The possibilities are nearly endless when creating a dashboard. For more information, please consult the Quick reference panel where you'll find Get started, Sample data and Support.