## Salesforce reporting basics: building, aggregating, segmenting and formatting reports

The Salesforce reporting feature is really powerful. However, if you’re just starting out, it can also be...

- by Tom Randle
- 25 February 2016

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## How to Use Iterative Design to Keep Your Dashboard Relevant

Imagine having a dashboard with beautiful, easy-to-read visualizations and data from five years ago that’s...

- by Laura Tyson
- 4 February 2016

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## Using spreadsheets for communicating data? Here are 4 reasons you shouldn’t

We all love spreadsheets, right? They’re great for manipulating and analyzing your business’s data on Key...

- by Geckoboard Staff
- 4 December 2015

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## What do you mean I'm not supposed to use Pie Charts?!

Pie charts are completely ubiquitous - especially in business. It can therefore come as a shock to hear that...

- by Tom Randle
- 17 August 2015

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## Two business dashboard books you must read before building your own

Here at Geckoboard HQ, nothing (except maybe doughnuts) makes us happier than a well put together business dashboard...

- by Adele Simor
- 3 August 2015

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## Design approach: The question of colour

When we originally created Geckoboard, we knew that it was going to be primarily for large screens. In...

- by Paul Joyce
- 12 May 2015

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## Humanising the way we communicate data

These days, data is being collected by almost every aspect of an organisation. We’ve developed software that...

- by Paul Joyce
- 28 April 2015

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## New and improved visualisations: Leaderboard, Goals and Geck-o-Meter

At Geckoboard, we’re committed to helping our customers create functional and useful dashboards that can help them...

- by Tom Randle
- 29 October 2014

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## Case Study: How Yummly is using data to build a strong culture of transparency and highly focused teamwork.

Yummly was launched in 2010 by foodies on a mission to invent the ultimate kitchen tool. Whether it’...

- by Nick Smith
- 21 October 2013

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## What is a Status Board and Why Do I Need One?

In the next few days the first beta testers will start using Geckoboard, a new realtime status board...

- by Paul Joyce
- 8 July 2010

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