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Dashboard Design Best Practices

Design a [TYPE] dashboard for [AUDIENCE/ROLE].

Type: [EXECUTIVE / OPERATIONAL / ANALYTICAL / STRATEGIC]
Tool: [TABLEAU / POWER BI / LOOKER / GOOGLE DATA STUDIO / METABASE]
Data sources: [DESCRIBE]

Provide:
1. **Dashboard Purpose**: One sentence — what decision does this help make?
2. **Layout Wireframe**: Placement of charts, filters, KPIs (top-down hierarchy)
3. **KPI Cards**: Top 4-6 headline metrics with sparklines and comparison periods
4. **Chart Selection**: For each data story, which chart type and why (bar vs line vs scatter etc.)
5. **Filter Design**: Which filters, where to place them, default values
6. **Interactivity**: Drill-downs, cross-filtering, tooltips
7. **Color Strategy**: Consistent meaning (green = good, red = alert), accessibility
8. **Refresh Cadence**: How often data updates and how to communicate "as of" time
9. **Mobile Considerations**: How it adapts for phone/tablet viewing
10. **SQL Queries**: The key queries powering each chart
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