Dashboard Platform and Quality Framework

2 posts · Aug 2020 – Jul 2024

What this trail covers

Spotify has developed a comprehensive Dashboard Platform and Quality Framework to enhance the creation, management, and consumption of dashboards. This platform leverages Tableau and Looker Studio, supported by a SQL scheduling tool for BigQuery data preparation. The Quality Framework includes automated 'Vital Signs' checks and a manual 'Spicy Dashboard Design Checklist' to ensure dashboards are high-quality and trustworthy, categorizing them as Low, High, or Golden. A Dashboard Portal provides a searchable catalog of all published dashboards, with features for curation, trust and quality indicators, and enhanced context for viewers.

All Spotify trails

Aug 2024Unlocking Insights with High-Quality Dashboards at ScaleThis post details the evolution of Spotify's dashboard platform by introducing the Dashboard Quality Framework, comprising automated 'Vital Signs' checks and a manual 'Spicy Dashboard Design Checklist' to categorize dashboards as Low, High, or Golden. It also describes the Dashboard Portal, a searchable catalog that displays quality labels, usage statistics, and underlying queries, enhancing discoverability and trust for dashboard consumers. The platform continues to leverage Tableau and Looker Studio, with BigQuery data preparation via a SQL scheduling tool.
Sep 2020Managing Clouds from the Ground Up: Cost Engineering at SpotifyThis post introduces the Cost Insights tool, a Backstage plugin designed to provide engineers with visibility into cloud costs and actionable optimization recommendations. It aims to empower engineers to understand their cloud spend in relation to business growth and make informed decisions about cost optimizations versus growth initiatives. Key features include a cost vs. business graph, detailed product panels for GCP, and project alerting. The tool is designed to prevent over-optimization by only nudging teams with costs growing faster than the business.
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