Why is sharing your dashboards important? In today's world, we are simply bombarded with data all the time. Aren't we making problems worse? Are we placing ourselves in a dilemma between two hazards, such as the choice between Scylla and Charybdis? On one side, we have a lot of data. On the other side, we are producing more data to solve the problem of having too much data. Which is the way forward, and why should we share more information?

Dashboarding is the process of data distillation, from the noise to the essence. Dashboarding is about displaying the right data at the right time, to the right people that need it, and in the right format. The right format is the format that people can understand, and dashboarding is one way forward for business questions and business decisions that require distillation.

We can't comprehend the amount of data at the scale and speed that it meets us. It's also hard to sort out the important parts. Dashboarding isn't just a product, it is a result, a solution, whereby we have to distill the data noise to the essential points.

People need the headlines in order to make decisions. These headlines also help them to understand details better. People have to start from somewhere, and giving them broad brushstrokes of the overall picture helps them make a start.

In order to do that, you have to share data. When you start exploring data, you will find that you want to share with people the story that the data tells. Having a passion for data is a wonderful thing!

This chapter will help you share your passion and enthusiasm for data, and show you how to make data-based decisions based on your findings. Be the expert!

Dashboards aren't just about sharing data with colleagues. In this chapter, we will look at publishing data to various outputs in order to meet different needs. We will end by looking at R. Sometimes, you may need to meet with data scientists who will want to analyze the data in depth. For them, R is a useful tool, and it will help them answer their own questions using your dashboard as a starting point.