Splunk is easy to use for developing a powerful analytical dashboard with multiple panels. A dashboard with too many panels, however, will require scrolling down the page and can cause the viewer to miss crucial information. An effective dashboard should generally meet the following conditions:
- Single screen view: The dashboard fits in a single window or page, with no scrolling
- Multiple data points: Charts and visualizations should display a number of data points
- Crucial information highlighted: The dashboard points out the most important information, using appropriate titles, labels, legends, markers, and conditional formatting as required
- Created with the user in mind: Data is presented in a way that is meaningful to the user
- Loads quickly: The dashboard returns results in 10 seconds or less
- Avoid redundancy: The display does not repeat information in multiple places