TURBOARD Overview
Intended Use
TURBOARD is a Business Intelligence platform that enables businesses to connect to their data, integrate it from its various sources and locations, visualize and analyze it in a unified interface to gain insights on their performance, make informed decisions, apply informed strategies, drive better outcomes, identify follow-on actions, and improve efficiency.
TURBOARD provides a plethora of BI tools and a rich library for building custom visualizations, including 25+ chart types, embedded analytical formulas, extended slicing and filtering, automatic reporting and alarms, and much more. It is a self-service integrated BI solution for all types of users in all business sectors and industries. Click here to learn more.
Additional companion modules are available and can be configured with the main BI interface. They allow additional features to be utilized as part of the platform’s BI capabilities, such as additional mapping, GIS visualizations, and data collection.
Who Can Use TURBOARD
TURBOARD aims at increasing analytical literacy and democratization of data access and utilization as a self-service Business Intelligence solution. Therefore, it can be used by any user in any business as it doesn’t require programming experience nor technical knowledge to be fully utilized.
It can be highly interesting for IT managers, data analysts, information analysts, consultants, business architects, business information managers, business analysts, marketing and sales managers, project managers, and financial analysts. Furthermore, it also plays a significant role for users in top management positions and critical decision-makers.
User Interactivity
TURBOARD dashboards are designed to address user interactivity as it is a must-have feature in any BI platform. Dashboards are remarkably interactive to allow end users to explore the data on a deeper level and make well-informed, data-driven business decisions through various interactive features and tools.
Multiple and custom filters, click-to-filter, drill-downs, drill-throughs, charts’ interval navigators, dynamic dimensions and measures, cloning dashboards for side-by-side comparisons and what-ifs scenarios are self-service data management tools that enable end users to answer any question that arises during the analysis process, mix and compare real-time and past data, view and play with data from multiple data sources in a centralized dashboard, and much more.
Platform Deployment & Installation
TURBOARD can be deployed as an independent platform, or whitlabelled under the using business name and brand, or embedded as part of another platform. It can be installed on public/private cloud or on-premise devices, and it is mobile-compatible.
For filter and cache performance, filter value storage is held in RedisSearch indexes, which keeps filter dropdown loading responsive. Enterprise deployments can also use Redis Sentinel for high availability, so that if the primary Redis instance goes down, a replica is promoted automatically without manual intervention.
TURBOARD Terminology
The table below explains the key terms used within TURBOARD platform. These terms are essential for understanding and effectively utilizing the general visual and data elements and functionalities of TURBOARD. Each term is defined to provide clarity on its role and usage, ensuring you can navigate and make the most of our powerful data management and business intelligence tools.
| TURBOARD Key Terminology Explained | |
|---|---|
| View: | A “View” is a set of data that is used for the required visualization and/or analytics. It may consist of a set of tables, an Excel/CSV file, or an SQL query. |
| Dashlet: | A “Dashlet” is a unit/component of visualization and/or functionality. It can be a chart, a pivot table, an SVG or GIS map, an infocell, or a gauge. |
| Dashboard: | A “Dashboard” is a collection of dashlets. It is a container consisting of multiple dashlets that provides you with a centralized view of information and insights. |
| Showcase: | A “Showcase” is a collection of dashboards and is shared with end-users. |
| Clone: | The “Clone” feature is TURBOARD’s patented solution to easily compare changes in dashboards’ visualizations by presenting these changes side-by-side with synchronized vertical scrollbar only (no horizontal scrolling). By cloning a dashboard vertically within the same interface/medium, it significantly eases the process of comparing the changes on different criteria and directly exploring the effects of different filters. |
| Playground: | The page where the dashlet is configured is called a “Playground” or a “PG”. |
| Datacell: | The “Datacell” is the column of the records hitting the query of the dashlet. |
| Filtret: | “Filtrets” are filters in dashboards to enable data filtering on the dashboard level rather than only using the filters available in the filters pane for each dashlet. |
| HTMLet: | “HTMLets” are components that are used to add HTML content. They can be added to dashboards and dashlets alike. |
For a comprehensive, alphabetical directory of all platform concepts, and advanced technical terms, refer to TURBOARD Glossary of Terms.