Dashboard Design Templates

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20+ dashboard layouts for Tableau, Looker, and Power BI covering executive, operational, marketing, sales, and product analytics.

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dashboard-design-templates/ ├── LICENSE ├── README.md ├── by-domain/ │ ├── executive/ │ │ ├── company-health-board.json │ │ └── revenue-overview-cfo.json │ ├── marketing/ │ │ └── campaign-performance.json │ ├── operational/ │ │ └── system-health-sre.json │ ├── product-analytics/ │ │ └── user-engagement.json │ └── sales/ │ └── pipeline-management.json ├── by-tool/ │ ├── looker/ │ │ └── implementation-notes.md │ ├── power-bi/ │ │ └── implementation-notes.md │ └── tableau/ │ └── implementation-notes.md ├── free-sample.zip ├── guide/ │ ├── chart-selection-guide.md │ └── design-principles.md ├── guides/ │ ├── chart-selection-guide.md │ └── design-principles.md ├── index.html ├── palettes/ │ └── color-system.md └── snippets/ ├── looker-calcs.md ├── powerbi-calcs.md └── tableau-calcs.md

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Dashboard Design Templates

A comprehensive collection of 20+ dashboard layout templates for Tableau, Looker, and Power BI. Each template includes a full layout specification (grid, KPIs, charts, filters), design rationale, and reusable calculation snippets.

What's Included

20+ Layout Templates — Executive, Operational, Marketing, Sales, and Product Analytics dashboards
Design Principles Guide — The rules behind dashboards that actually get used
Chart Selection Decision Guide — Never pick the wrong chart type again
Color & Accessibility Palettes — WCAG 2.1 AA compliant color systems
Reusable Calculation Snippets — Copy-paste KPI formulas for all three tools
Organized Two Ways — Browse by tool (Tableau/Looker/Power BI) or by business domain

Directory Structure


dashboard-design-templates/
├── by-tool/
│   ├── tableau/          # Tableau-specific layout specs
│   ├── looker/           # Looker-specific layout specs
│   └── power-bi/        # Power BI-specific layout specs
├── by-domain/
│   ├── executive/        # C-suite and board-level dashboards
│   ├── operational/      # Day-to-day ops monitoring
│   ├── marketing/        # Campaign and channel analytics
│   ├── sales/            # Pipeline and revenue tracking
│   └── product-analytics/ # Usage, retention, feature adoption
├── guides/
│   ├── design-principles.md
│   └── chart-selection-guide.md
├── palettes/
│   ├── color-system.md
│   └── accessibility-guide.md
└── snippets/
    ├── tableau-calcs.md
    ├── looker-calcs.md
    └── powerbi-calcs.md

How to Use These Templates

Step 1: Pick Your Domain

Start in by-domain/ and find the dashboard closest to your use case. Each template includes:

Purpose statement — Who uses this dashboard and what decisions it supports
KPI definitions — Exact metrics with calculation logic
Layout grid — Row/column placement of every component
Filter specifications — Which filters, their defaults, and interactions
Chart specifications — Chart type, axes, color encoding, drill paths

Step 2: Adapt for Your Tool

Cross-reference with by-tool/ for tool-specific implementation notes:

Tableau: Container layout, calculated fields, parameter actions
Looker: Dashboard LookML, tile configurations, linked filters
Power BI: Canvas size, visual placement coordinates, DAX measures

Step 3: Apply Design Principles

Review guides/design-principles.md for the reasoning behind layout decisions. Apply the color system from palettes/ and verify accessibility compliance.

Step 4: Add Calculations

Use snippets/ for pre-built KPI formulas. Each snippet includes the formula in all three tools' native syntax.

... continues with setup instructions, usage examples, and more.

📄 Content Sample guides/chart-selection-guide.md

Chart Selection Decision Guide

Pick the right chart type based on what you're trying to communicate. This guide covers the 90% case — when in doubt, use a bar chart.

The Decision Framework

Ask yourself: "What relationship am I showing?"

Relationship	Chart Type	When to Use
Comparison (this vs that)	Bar chart (horizontal)	Comparing categories with long labels
Comparison (this vs that)	Bar chart (vertical)	Comparing categories with short labels
Comparison (part of whole)	Stacked bar (100%)	Showing composition across categories
Trend (change over time)	Line chart	Continuous time series, 2+ periods
Trend (discrete periods)	Column chart	Monthly/quarterly comparisons
Distribution	Histogram	Understanding data spread
Distribution	Box plot	Comparing distributions across groups
Correlation	Scatter plot	Relationship between two continuous variables
Composition (static)	Stacked bar	Parts of a whole at one point in time
Composition (over time)	Area chart (stacked)	How parts change over time
Geographic	Choropleth map	Value varies by region
Flow	Sankey diagram	Movement between stages
Ranking	Horizontal bar (sorted)	Top N / Bottom N
KPI Status	Bullet chart	Actual vs target with qualitative ranges
Single Value	KPI card	One number that tells the story

Decision Tree


What are you showing?
│
├─ A single important number?
│  └─ KPI CARD with trend indicator
│
├─ How something changes over time?
│  ├─ Continuous (daily/hourly)? → LINE CHART
│  ├─ Discrete periods (monthly)? → COLUMN CHART
│  └─ Cumulative? → AREA CHART
│
├─ Comparison between categories?
│  ├─ How many categories?
│  │  ├─ 2-5 → GROUPED BAR CHART
│  │  ├─ 6-15 → HORIZONTAL BAR (sorted)
│  │  └─ 15+ → TABLE or TOP-N BAR

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