Db Chart Dashboards Guide – School Data Solutions

The Chart Dashboards Application combines charts and reports you would like to see on one interface. This could be used for making district-wide decisions, seeing assessment data across multiple schools, viewing multiple data points for SWIS/PBIS in 1 school, and much more. Your Dashboards can be shared with others and is viewable by a school, class, or district in Homeroom.

Go to the dashboard application at (yourdistrict).schooldata.net/v2/dashboard-manager. Or from the application selection, locate the Data Extracts Bundle, find Chart Dashboards (Db), and click launch.

From the left navigation screen, locate Create New Dashboard.

Create Dashboard

Details

Name your dashboard on the details tab and give it a Description. Select the Dashboard Type, and select if you want to Make Available when Spotlighted.

Making it available when spotlighted allows users to select it in the Chart Dashboard widget in Homeroom and other spotlight able areas. Your selected dashboard type will determine what dashboards are selectable for a spotlighted entity. For example, a dashboard type of 'school' will allow the dashboard to be selected when spotlighting any district school.

Click Save & Continue from the blue button in the upper right corner.

Regions

Select the number of Columns you wish to have, then click Add New Region.

This will make available your previously saved charts or reports. You can either select a chart that will configure current data or select saved charts that will display archived historical data.

Not seeing the chart you are looking for? Build it by clicking Launch Chart Manager in the lower right corner. This will launch Charts. More information about building a chart may be found here Charts Help Solutions.

Once you've selected your charts, you can change the order by dragging and dropping your charts and changing their width.

Click Next in the upper right corner.

View

Here, you will see your dashboard assembled.

Print

Choose your Printing Dimensions, Print Orientation, and check the box for whether you want to Print on Multiple Pages. Click the blue Download Dashboard PDF.

Click Next in the upper right corner.

Collaborate

You can share and copy your charts with other users.

Select Application Users by searching for their name, school, or role. Click the checkmark next to the name and click Apply. As a side note, if you select by role, such as teacher, you will want to “select all” on each page to add them.

You will notice you have multiple sharing options you can choose from.

Copy to User means the user will have their own separate copy of the dashboard where they can edit, view, and delete their dashboard. This will have no effect on the originally shared dashboard.

Share Non-Editable means the user can only view the dashboard. If you make any changes to the dashboard, the person who you shared the dashboard with will also see the changes.

Share Editable means you can share it with them, and they can view and edit the dashboard but cannot delete it. Any changes they make to the dashboard will appear on the initially created dashboard you shared with them.

Click Next in the upper right corner.’

Set Delivery Dates is where you may select when you would like it to be delivered (school year, specific end date, monthly, weekly, daily)

Click Next in the upper right corner when finished.

Select Recipients for this Dashboard by clicking on the Add Recipient. Optionally add Basic Settings such as Exported Filename, Email Override, Email Subject, and Email Content. Select the Role and Type as applicable.