Dashboard Insight Writer
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Your dashboard is up and the charts are accurate, so why does the weekly update still say see attached? Does anyone reading it know which number changed and whether that is good? Dashboard Insight Writer turns the figures you are looking at into the paragraph that explains them.
Short answer: Dashboard Insight Writer turns dashboard figures you paste in, such as metric names, current values and changes over a period, into written commentary that explains what moved, by how much and what it likely means.
What is Dashboard Insight Writer?
Dashboard Insight Writer is a free tool that writes the narrative layer over your metrics. You paste the numbers as you see them, along with the period they cover, and it produces the commentary: what stands out, which changes matter, what they suggest, and what to look at next. It is aimed at the person who has to summarise a dashboard for people who will never open it.
Why Charts Do Not Speak For Themselves
A chart shows a shape. It does not say whether the shape is a problem. Readers who see conversion fall from 3.1 to 2.8 percent will not all reach the same conclusion, and most will reach none at all, because they do not know what normal looks like. Written commentary supplies the missing half: the direction, the size relative to usual variation, and the plausible reason. That is the part that turns a report into a decision.
How Does Dashboard Insight Writer Work?
- Paste your metrics with values and the comparison period.
- Select a model to write the summary.
- Set Format, Length and Tone for the audience receiving the summary.
- Generate, then copy the commentary into your report or email.
| Option | What it changes | Suggested value |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Paragraph, sections with headings, bullets, question and answer and more | Bullet Points for a weekly update, Paragraph for an executive note |
| Length | Short through Detailed | Short, because commentary competes with the chart for attention |
| Tone | Professional, Confident, Friendly and others | Professional, so the numbers carry the weight |
| Point of View | Whether it addresses the reader directly | Third Person for a report, Second Person for a team update |
What To Type In From Your Dashboard
Four things change the quality of the commentary more than any setting.
- ✅ The metric name, its value and the period it covers
- ✅ The comparison, such as the previous week or the same month last year
- ✅ Anything unusual you already know about, like a campaign or an outage
- ✅ What the reader is deciding, so the commentary points somewhere useful
Tip Paste the comparison, not just the current value. A number on its own can only be described. A number with a baseline can be interpreted, which is the whole point of the commentary.
Keeping The Commentary Honest
Reliable use
- Describing what moved and by how much
- Turning a metrics table into readable prose
- Drafting the same summary in two tones for two audiences
Handle with care
- Causes, which it can only guess at from your context
- Forecasts, which need history it has not seen
- Any claim of significance without a statistical test behind it
Read the draft for confident sentences about why something happened, and soften them unless you know. For the wider risk picture that sits behind a set of metrics, the Business Risk Dashboard works on the same material from a different angle.
Writing up metrics on EizTools is free and takes no sign up, and the model selector lets you regenerate a summary that came back either too cautious or too certain. Dashboard Insight Writer sits with the data and reporting tools in the coding tools category, each tool with its own options rather than one shared panel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can it connect to my dashboard?
No. You paste the figures in. That keeps your data source private and means the commentary covers exactly the metrics you chose to share.
How many metrics should I paste at once?
Five to eight works well. Beyond that the commentary spreads thin, and the reader loses the one or two changes that actually matter this week.
Will it tell me why a number moved?
It suggests plausible reasons from the context you give it. Treat those as hypotheses to check in your own data, never as findings to report.
Can I get the same summary for two audiences?
Yes. Generate once as bullets for the team and once as a paragraph for leadership. Both versions stay in the activity history panel for the session.
Dashboards answer questions people already knew to ask. Commentary tells them which question to ask this week, and that is why the summary matters more than another chart. Paste this week's figures above and let the first draft carry the description while you supply the judgement.
Sabir Bepari
Founder of EizTools and a passionate AI enthusiast dedicated to building practical, user-friendly AI tools that simplify everyday tasks.
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