The dashboard is one of Syft's most popular features because it gives you the ability to quickly and easily create a clear, visual overview of your business's performance. With the ability to add metrics from across Syft, dashboards are super powerful. And now, you can choose to display data for multiple periods in a single card so as to easily identify trends and seasonality. Let's take a look at how this works.
What's new 🧐
If you click on the cog icon in the right-hand corner of a card within your dashboard, you'll see you have the option to change the period displayed for that card. If you click the drop-down arrow next to "Change period," you can choose to display any number of periods from 1 to 24 within that single card. This is great for making comparisons across a specific metric over time.
How to make the most of this feature 💪
This feature is simple, yet powerful. Here are a few ways you can use it to your advantage:
Track trends in month-over-month revenue growth: Visualize the trend of your total revenue for the last 6, 12, or even 24 months on a single line chart or bar chart. This makes it easy to spot growth patterns, seasonality, or potential dips.
Key expense monitoring: Track critical expenses like marketing spend over several months to identify areas where costs are increasing or decreasing.
Seasonality detection: Easily identify recurring seasonal patterns in sales, or other relevant metrics by viewing data across multiple periods.
Identifying unusual spikes or dips: When a metric shows a sudden and significant change compared to previous periods, it becomes immediately noticeable on a multi-period graph, prompting you to investigate.
Closing thoughts 💭
With the ability to visualize data across multiple periods in a single dashboard card, you can now gain deeper insights, make more informed decisions, and communicate your performance more effectively with stakeholders. So, what are you waiting for? Test drive the multi-period view in your dashboard cards today!