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KPI dashboard examples you can put on an office TV

A systems status Board on a TV at the end of an open-plan office

A KPI dashboard on an office TV has one job: to show a few numbers that a team acts on today, in type people can read from across the room. Below are ten KPI dashboard examples, team by team. For each one you get the KPI, why it suits a wall, and which NowBoard Board shows it. Every figure in the sample screens is invented.

Sales

1. Sales against target

For example, you could show sales so far this month, the target and the days left. A total beside its target tells people at a glance if they are ahead or behind, which a report read once a month cannot do. Use a Live figures set with a target on each figure, shown on a Figures Grid Board.

Sample Board with invented figures: sales so far against today's target, orders to pick and sign-ups
Sample screen. The company and the figures are invented.

2. A sales league table

For example, you could rank teams by deals closed this month. A Ranked list sorts the entries by score, so nobody reorders the table by hand. Show it on a Leaderboard, League Table or Podium Board.

Customer service

3. Calls waiting and open tickets

For example, you could show calls waiting, open tickets and the oldest ticket today. These numbers change during the day, so they belong on a wall, not in a weekly email. Export them from your helpdesk to a Google Sheet and let a Data Source fill a Live figures set.

4. A systems status page

If your team already has a status page on the web, show it as it is on a Webpage Embed Board. It works only if the page opens without a sign-in and allows frames.

Sample Webpage Embed Board that shows a systems status page, with each system marked working or slow
Sample screen of a status page. The systems shown are invented.

Warehouse and operations

5. Orders to pick and dispatched today

For example, you could show orders to pick, orders dispatched and the cut-off time. Pickers see the number from the floor, so nobody walks to a desk to check. Use a Live figures set on a Figures Grid Board, filled from a sheet as often as every 5 minutes on Starter.

Sample Board with sales against target and orders to pick on a TV in a warehouse dispatch area
Sample screen in a warehouse. The figures are invented.

Finance

6. Cash collected against target

For example, you could show cash collected this month against the target, and the number of invoices overdue. Show totals only, never a customer name. Use a Live figures set with a target on each figure.

Sample Live figures Board with one large figure against a target bar and four smaller figures
Sample Live figures layout with a target bar. A finance team uses the same layout. The figures are invented.

Fundraising

7. The appeal total against the target

For example, you could show the amount raised and the target beside it. Supporters and staff see each gift land, not a figure from last week. Use a Live figures set with a target.

8. Days left in the appeal

Add a Countdown to the appeal's end date. Days left beside the total is what makes people act.

Sample Live figures Board with a total so far out of a target, a progress bar and four smaller figures
Sample screen with a total out of a target. An appeal total uses the same layout. The figures are invented.

Health and safety

9. Days without an accident

A Safety Counter counts the days since the last accident, with the best run so far, and goes up by itself every midnight. Show it on the Days Without an Accident Board by the door. Keep your accident book as before.

Sample Ranked list Board that ranks six trades by safety observations this month
Sample Ranked list that ranks teams, not people. The company and the figures are invented.

Projects

10. Days to the deadline

For example, you could count down to a launch or a handover, with the next three milestones below it. Use a Countdown Board.

Sample Countdown Board with the days to a handover and three milestone dates
Sample Countdown screen. The project and the dates are invented.

What not to put on a wall

  • Personal data. Visitors, contractors and people from other teams see the screen. Keep customer names, salaries and absence records off it.
  • Rankings that shame people. A bottom-of-the-table name on a wall puts people off. Rank teams, or show only the top three.
  • Names next to scores, without asking. A name beside a performance figure is personal data under UK GDPR. Show team totals, or agree it with the people named first.

Build one in 15 minutes

  1. Put your figures in a Google Sheet, one row per figure, with columns for label, value, unit and target.
  2. In Google Sheets, publish the tab to the web as a CSV file and copy the link.
  3. In NowBoard, add a Data Source, paste the link and send it to a Live figures set.
  4. Create a Board from the Figures Grid template and connect a TV.

Data Sources are on Starter, at £10 per TV a month ex VAT. On the Free plan, type the figures into the Live figures set and update them from your phone. The full steps, with the common mistakes, are in how to show a live dashboard on an office TV.

Questions

What should a KPI dashboard show?

Only the numbers a team can act on today, each with a plain label and a target where one exists. Leave month-end figures in your reports.

How many KPIs should one screen show?

Six or fewer. Someone walking past takes in three or four. Put the rest on a second Board in the same Playlist.

How often should a KPI screen update?

As often as the number changes. Calls waiting needs minutes, and a monthly total can update once an hour. On Starter, a Data Source reads a sheet as often as every 5 minutes, and on Professional every minute.

For more, see KPI dashboard software for office TVs, workplace digital signage and 12 ideas for office screens. When you have picked your numbers, set up your first screen.

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