Create Interactive Dashboards to Stand Out from the Crowd

How do I register an account?

1. Click on the Get started button in the top right corner of the homepage.
2. Sign up with Google, Facebook or email. Infogram lets its users sign up with a Google or Facebook account, or register with a work email. If you choose to sign up with Google or Facebook, simply login to your account when asked to do so. If you wish to sign up with your email address, enter the email and your desired password, then hit the Sign up button.
3. Provide some basic information about yourself. Enter your first and last name, indicate what kind of organization you belong to and specify your role. You will then be able to continue with the Basic plan or choose from any of the available paid plans.

Where to use interactive dashboards?

Dashboards are useful across most industries, as all companies have specific metrics and key goals they care about. From retail and education to big business and personal goals, dashboards can help anyone.

Here’s how dashboards can make your life easier:

Track the metrics that matter
Dashboards help you stay focused on the metrics that matter to your business. They are the best way to analyze company performance and spot problems that need to be addressed.

Easy to understand at a glance
Dashboards effectively take complex data and visualize them in bite-sized charts, tables, or maps. Data visualizations are crucial for understanding and readability.

Dashboards save time
Dashboards put all the information you need in one place. You can view key metrics without wasting time navigating across different systems, tools, and data sources.

Quickly share data with executives and team members
Dashboards give other people access to important data. Team members can share KPIs with others from desktop and mobile devices, and managers can grant public and private access to view different levels of information.

Spot problems early
The more you know about how your business is performing, the better chance you have to stay on track. Dashboards help spot issues or potential problems early on, giving you the opportunity to take a closer look and adjust your strategy.

How do I create a dashboard with Infogram?

1. Log in to Infogram.
2. Select "Dashboard templates".
3. Start with a blank template or use a ready-made designer template.
4. Add charts, tables, images, text, and other elements to your project.
5. Share a dashboard with your team.

What are the best practices for creating dashboards?

1. Keep the design of your dashboard simple. Make it easy to read so viewers will understand the data quickly. Compare your performance to previous periods. This helps viewers understand what performance metrics are exceeding expectations and what needs to be improved.
2. Don't try to show everything on your dashboard. Highlight the most important KPIs for your department or industry. You don’t want to overload people with too much information.
3. Display the most important metrics with a larger font size. This draws people’s attention to key performance metrics first.
4. Design responsive and easy-to-read dashboards on all devices. Make sure people can view dashboards outside of the office from mobile phones or tablets.
5. Choose the right charts for your dashboard. Learn more about how to pick the right chart here.
6. Use color wisely: Be consistent, use light or neutral colors for visualizations, and add strong colors to attract attention.

How do I add pages to my project?

Adding pages to your project is possible in all template projects (except the single chart and map projects).

To add a page:

1. Deselect any charts or objects in your project or click outside the project canvas.
2. Click the Add page button in the right sidebar. There you will be able to select a blank canvas or one of the predefined pages.
3. Delete a page by selecting it in the editor or in the settings panel on the right and by clicking the backspace key on your keyboard. To reuse a page, make a copy with the Duplicate button.

• For more on adding transitions to pages, head over to the article about adding and editing page transitions.
• For more on creating a clickable summary for easier navigation within pages, head over to the article about page linking.
• For more on how to add page numbers, head over to the article about customizing the footer.

How do I use guides and the layout tool?

Structured content is so much easier to navigate. Before starting a project, try to imagine what you want the end result to look like. Ask yourself: What page size do I want to choose for my project? How do I want to structure my page? Answers to these questions will set you up for success and a beautifully structured visualization.

Tip: Layout settings are available in infographics, dashboards, reports, and other template projects. Choose a template and repurpose it for a quick start.

Once in the editor, use Layout options (Show guides and Show layout) to arrange objects on the canvas.

To enable guides:

1. Click Layout in the bottom left corner of your editor.
2. Enable the Show Guides option.
3. Move objects around the page to adjust their position with respect to each other.

1. Click on Layout in the bottom left corner of your editor.
2. Switch on the Show Guides option. You’ll see pink columns with lines appear on the canvas.
   
   Tip: Use columns and lines to the group and align objects. Remember to always separate groups that are not related.
3. Use the Spacing slider to adjust the white space on the sides of the page. Use the Number of Columns slider to choose how many columns you wish to appear on the page.