lindsey@meta.discourse.orgWe are in the midst of significant improvements to the admin dashboard that will make it easier to access and interpret data about your community’s health and value. In this topic, we’ll share what we’re working on so you can see where we are headed!
:warning: For now, this is considered a highly experimental change! We are very much in the midst of development, so please expect to see some rough edges — particularly around performance — and lots of evolution in the coming weeks. We are doing dedicated testing with a limited group of customers which is informing most of the work at this time.
:microscope: What’s changing
We are updating the dashboard to serve as a hub for admins who want at-a-glance insights about the health and value of their community. At the moment, the dashboard is composed of four sections:
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Highlights, where admins can view important key performance indicators like signups, stickiness, and accepted solutions.
The "Highlights" section on the redesigned admin dashboard.The "Highlights" section on the redesigned admin dashboard.993×329 18 KB -
Reports, where admins can pin the standard reports or Data Explorer queries (including custom queries!) that are most important in your community.
The "Reports" section of the redesigned admin dashboard.The "Reports" section of the redesigned admin dashboard.965×843 71 KB -
Site Traffic, which lets you know who is coming to your community and where they’re coming from. (Note that referrer information will not be backfilled.)
The "Site Traffic" section of the redesigned admin dashboard.The "Site Traffic" section of the redesigned admin dashboard.955×684 78.8 KB -
Engagement, which digs into who is joining and participating in the community and which areas of the community are most active.
The "Engagement" section on the redesigned admin dashboard.The "Engagement" section on the redesigned admin dashboard.962×901 66.1 KB
We expect to add more sections soon to explore Support and Search data.
:gear: Previewing the redesigned dashboard in your community
If you’d like to check in our progress so far, head to the Upcoming changes page in your admin area (/admin/config/upcoming-changes) and find the dashboard improvements item. Update the Enabled for… field to opt your site in to this new design:
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This is really nice, I appreciate the modular nature of it with how I can swap out reports and whatnot.
It would be great if these “key stats” could be made modular too, my site is mostly for documenting stuff internally with a company and other testing so lots of these don’t apply to us.
I’m also not really sure how I feel about this “— up 15%” thing when an icon could be used instead like it is everywhere else.
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Same question for you — what sort of datapoints would you want to see here?