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Ask HN: hosted service for building dashboards?
We're looking for a tool to build a dashboard that can collect and present different types of data (sales numbers, technical numbers, uptime, indexed pages in google or anything else) for internal use.
If it's hosted and user-friendly would be a +. This is definitely something a startup like ours can pay some money for. A startup opportunity, if any of you don't have a kick-ass solution out there somewhere already!
- nudge 16y agoI don't know of one myself but it is a great idea. How would you have an external app access your private sales numbers?
- agaton 16y agoSince we already use salesforce.com for sales numbers, which is an external app, that wouldn't be a problem =)
- percept 16y agoHave you checked Salesforce's third-party add-ons? [Though I'd rather see somebody on HN succeeding with this--we don't harness our collective power here as much as we could.]
- aymeric 16y agoI went through the same question myself a few weeks ago. I was first searching in "Online Reporting" solutions, then I realized that maybe Google Analytics could cover most of the data I wanted to display in my dashboard if I used events correctly. Unfortunately Google Analytics doesn't allow you to have a custom dashboard. So I started looking at third party solutions that use Google Analytics. Could find anything that suited me enough and I developed my own dashboard that shows Sales (with diff from last week), New Users (with diffs) and a few more KPIs. (It also shows stats on the trending searches on my website). Anyway, I allow anyone who is working on a elegant solution for startup dashboards to contact me, I will gladly answer any questions and serve as a guinea pig. Cheers.
- megamark16 16y agoI'd love to pick your brain about your specific requirements for a solution. Would you mind shooting me an email if you're willing to chat about it? Thanks!
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- cjkihlbom 16y agoWe are working on something similar to this. Keep your eye on http://sanityapp.com http://sanityapp.com.
- megamark16 16y agoPlease shoot me an email if you'd like to discuss a possible solution. I don't know if what I'm working on would be a perfect fit, but I'm in a good position to pivot if there is a real need and my project can be modified to fill it well. megamark16/gmail
- revorad 16y agoWe are building an online data visualization tool, which may be of interest to you. Email me at hrishi@prettygraph.com if you would like to discuss a solution.