𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Most people build dashboards to show everything. If you build a scheduling tool, you start with a calendar. It looks complete. But a full calendar hides the real problems.
Owners do not open apps to admire a clean schedule. They want to find gaps.
- Who has not confirmed?
- Which shift needs cover?
- Who backed out? Scanning a whole page is too much work.
Stop showing data. Solve uncertainty. The dashboard is a triage page. It shows what is risky. It shows what needs a decision.
Confirmed shifts should be calm. Open requests must be obvious. Reduce what the user remembers. Put problems first. Keep the full schedule one click away.
Do not build what the category expects. Do not build a calendar because you are a scheduling tool. Build for the messy part. Show what matters first.
Source: https://dev.to/miran969/the-dashboard-should-show-what-needs-attention-not-everything-545p