Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Scoreboard.

Q1 is closed and the numbers are up ... way up in certain cases. This is good for both of us – stay tuned for a big announcement later this quarter!

We have two fresh new dashboard articles for you - let us know what you think and tweet them if you like what you're reading.

Want to know how to have Klipfolio perform client-side calculations, or how to spice up your Klips with sparklines? Easy, check out this month's dev know-how.

Haven't tried the latest version of Klipfolio Dashboard? Try it now...

You've heard lines like this one before…it has all the right ingredients to be remembered and retold. It's catchy, it paints a clear picture, adds a dash of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), and may even be confused with true wisdom! Let’s debunk this.

I have a well-referenced book in my library at work, Wayne Eckerson's "Performance Dashboards." Although it is now about five years old—and aging, given how quickly the BI industry is advancing—I continue to use it and discover new ideas. If you've got his book, check out chapter 6. It classifies three types of performance dashboards: Operational, Tactical, and Strategic. Read more...

Sparklines, and filled-area sparklines, are credited to Edward Tufte. They are best used to present trends and variations. Klipfolio Dashboard allows you to present many sparkline variations including contextual information such as reference lines or period markers.

Want Klipfolio Dashboard to take on some of the calculations? Use the CSS property "formula" to display either sum or average for a specified column. Read more ... Or, generate content using your own mathematical formula. Read more ...