Dashboard Design Elements for the Win

8 items that make up successful dashboards and admin panels

Dashboards or admin panels are the visual interface for your data, and the user interaction epicenter for your application. Designing and building dashboards has always stressed Patrick Cox. Mainly because you are dealing with dynamic content, a lot of data, a high level of interaction and you’re designing the main view that your user will probably be using the most. Admin areas are often neglected as well. Mainly because designers focused on the app itself and just simply forget that they have to provide thier users with a great UI to manage and view their data.

 

8 items that make up successful dashboards and admin panels

  • Focused Objective
  • Flexibility
  • Areas of Interest
  • Visual Data
  • Iconography
  • Navigation
  • Feedback
  • Readability

Focused Objective

Let’s try not to design backwards. Define the main objective or objectives of the dashboard before you start cranking away building a cool color scheme. Patrick Cox knows that planning is a crucial part of any design, so he won’t beat this into the ground. But when planning your dashboard try to figure out its main purpose and goal of the user. You probably don’t need to show your administrators all the app data or even give them control over everything the app does.

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