3.11. Dashboard Planning Assignment

Plan a dashboard using the Dashboard Plan Template.

• What do you want to present?
• Who’s going to use the report?
• What topics are you going to talk about?
• How do you want to visualize data?
• What field are you going to visualize?
• What data sources are you going to use?

Data Connectors Assignment:

1. Research available Data Connectors for the tools and datasets that you work with.
• Are they free or paid? Live or warehoused?
• Do any of them have data modeling capabilities?
2. Think how the availability of data connectors can affect your plans and priorities?
3. Think if it is possible that a data connector, together with its modeling capabilities, be part of your ownership plan?

In this chapter:

→ 3.2. Bringing in Your Data

→ 3.3. Data Connectors

→ 3.4. Live vs Warehoused Connectors

→ 3.5. Google Connectors

→ 3.6. Partner Connectors

→ 3.7. Data Sources

→ 3.8. Data Source Scope: Embedded vs Reusable

→ 3.9. Caching & Data Freshness

→ 3.10. Managing your Data Sources

→ 3.11. Assignment

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