## business intelligence

## [5 things a dashboard should be (and 5 it really shouldn’t)](/content/5-things-a-dashboard-should-be-and-5-it-really-shouldnt/index.html)

At Data Monsters we talk about Dashboards a lot. You probably hear them mentioned in business (and technical) conversations at work. Often it’s slipped into a sentence “We need that in a dashboard” or “Can we set up a weekly dashboard for the sales results?”. Many people use the term Dashboard to mean any display of data – even if it’s 50 rows in a table!

## [Definition of a Data Monster](/content/definition-of-a-data-monster/index.html)

Jo and I decided to set up Data Monsters after a visit to SQLBits in April this year. It’s one of the friendliest conferences out there, it’s informative, in-depth and fun. But it’s missing the Data Monsters…