Developing a Tableau Dashboard for Faculty Activity: Lessons in Collaborative Processes from Brown University

Presentation Summary

In 2015, a small team of analysts located in different offices at Brown University were tasked with creating a data dashboard to track faculty activity. The intended audience was department chairs and University leadership. The metrics to be displayed combined data from appointments, demographics, instruction, sponsored research, facilities, and external benchmarking services. Over the course of many months, the dashboard team worked with the Business Intelligence team to bring together these siloed data sources for integrated analysis using Tableau Server. The presentation will focus on our approach, obstacles encountered, and lessons learned.