JTD has been a lifesaver in the respect of presenting details, indeed, because it often allows me to just present a table with the data organised in a way that a drilldown in a pivot just will not allow.
This will also make it easier to download that data, but with large tables the opportunity to explore data in the dashboard is quite limited. It feels like doing this is giving up and just presenting the data for my users to analyse in, for example, Excel.
Filtering is another option. Another way I've tried to cram details in our dashboards is by making extensive use of 'affects dashboard filters' functionality in bar/pie chart widgets to present the top x most interesting values to potentially filter on and surface details that way, but I'm left wondering if my users notice and *use* those filters, or all that detail is left languishing.
have you thought about explicitly noting the ability to filter using the 'affects dashboard filters'. One thing I'm doing more of these days is providing text boxes with guidance on how to use the dashboard, key things they should know. Recording a quick video could help too. I know that's not really about the widgets or visualizations themselves, but I'm increasingly focused on the guidance/training in the vehicle if I can.
Love this idea!!
If I think it is particularly important that people right-click to select, I note it in the title of the widget. Otherwise I include it in the widget description that shows up if you hover over the (i). And we have documentation for the dashboard linked on the dashboard.
So I've done some of that too, at least. I guess the part of 'but I don't know whether people notice' is also down to it being difficult to measure how much these things actually *get* used. Usage Analytics is a wonderful tool, but it doesn't say too much about filter useage.
