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Written by Rachel Hawley
Updated over a week ago

The Local Insight Dashboard allows you to compare multiple indicators from a theme across multiple custom areas. Local Insight comes with a number of default themes curated by our research team. These can be personalised for each group by the account holder.

Navigate to the Dashboard

To navigate to the Dashboard, open the menu at the top left of the screen then click Dashboard.

GIF showing how to navigate to the Dashboard as described

Select areas

  1. The Areas popup will open automatically when you navigate to the Dashboard. You can also open it by clicking the Areas button.

  2. Check the boxes of the areas you'd like to view data for. You can select a whole category, expand categories to choose individual areas and use the search bar to find areas.

  3. Once you're happy with your selection, click View Custom Areas.

GIF showing how to choose areas as described

Select indicator theme

  • Click Data to bring up the data popup.

  • Click Choose theme.

  • Choose a theme.

  • You will see the list of indicators included within that theme.

  • When you're happy with your selection click View to see the indicators from that theme displayed on the dashboard.

screenshot showing how to choose an indicator theme as described

Note

The Dashboard shows indicator performance using three colour-coded bands based on your selected areas, circle icons (โ—, โ—, โ—‹) for improved accessibility, and colours that adapt based on whether higher or lower values are better for each indicator. Learn more.

Tip

When scrolling across the dashboard, the first column (custom areas) remains fixed, so you can always see which area youโ€™re comparing, even with many indicators displayed. This makes it easier to spot patterns across indicators without losing your place.

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