{"id":3462,"date":"2023-04-12T15:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/designing-highly-customized-dashboards-in-ibm-planning-analytics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:35:27","slug":"designing-highly-customized-dashboards-in-ibm-planning-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/designing-highly-customized-dashboards-in-ibm-planning-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I Design Highly Customized Dashboards in IBM Planning Analytics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several design considerations when building dashboards, such as presenting information in a clear and concise manner, ease of navigation, and usability.\u00a0 Additionally, adding customizations to match your company profile and brand will help to embed analytics within your organization and provide a seamless transition from other applications with a matching look and feel. Luckily<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/docs\/en\/planning-analytics\/2.0.0?topic=analytics-planning-workspace\">, <strong>IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)<\/strong><\/a> provides numerous options to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In this exercise, we will demonstrate building a customized PAW dashboard for QueBIT.<\/p>\n<p>First, start with a blank PAW book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2164 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C1-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To incorporate your company logo and\/or brand images, navigate to your company website, right click on an image, and click \u201cCopy image link\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2158 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C2-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2159 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C3-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, determine the colors used on you company website by right-clicking on a colored object and then clicking \u201cInspect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2160 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C4-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will provide the exact <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RGB_color_model\">RGB code<\/a> for that color.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2161 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C5-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"795\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Update the Hex code to correspond with the RBG code pulled from the website. Click \u201cSet as favorite\u201d to be able to easily use this color again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2162 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C6-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, pull the font that is used on the website, using the same approach (right click &gt; Inspect)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2163 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/C7-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can generally find and download most font packages through a simple Google search.<\/p>\n<p>Once the font package is downloaded, we will import it to PAW through the Administration page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2167 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1137\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Navigate back to the PAW book and the new font will be available for use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2168 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ezgif-1-2189966630.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1137\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that the header is configured, group and pin the objects. This allows reuse of these objects on other pages and ensures consistency.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2166 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture3-scaled.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, create a custom color palette for any visualizations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2172\" src=\"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ezgif.com-gif-maker-scaled.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The best part of creating these customizations is that once the setup is complete, is it easy to apply to any of your dashboards. 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