Real-Time Operational Dashboard with Metabase and Automated Alerts
Configure an operational dashboard in Metabase with real-time metrics, email/Slack alerts, and interactive drill-down.
Implement an operational dashboard in Metabase (open source) that monitors KPIs in real time, sends automated alerts when metrics exceed thresholds, and enables self-service exploration for the team.
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Implement an operational dashboard in Metabase (open source) that monitors KPIs in real time, sends automated alerts when metrics exceed thresholds, and enables self-service exploration for the team.
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A regional delivery startup's operations team needs to monitor in real time: orders per hour, average delivery time, cancellation rate, and driver NPS — currently they only discover problems when customers complain on review platforms.
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Design an operational dashboard in Metabase for [COMPANY NAME], connected to a [PostgreSQL/MySQL] database with [OPERATION TYPE] data.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n**Part 1 — Metabase Configuration:**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Database connection (host, port, schema)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Collections and permissions by team (operations, CS, executives)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Query caching: recommended TTL by metric type\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Embedding: how to embed dashboards in internal app\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n**Part 2 — Main Dashboard (operations view):**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nRow 1 — Real-time KPIs (numeric cards):\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- [METRIC 1]: current value, target, status (traffic light)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- [METRIC 2]: current value, trend over last 4 hours\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- [METRIC 3]: count with comparison to yesterday\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- [METRIC 4]: percentage with target\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nRow 2 — Trend Charts:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Hour-by-hour time series: [PRIMARY METRIC] with normal range band\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Heatmap: volume by hour of day x day of week\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Map: geographic distribution of operations (neighborhoods/cities)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nRow 3 — Detail Tables:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Last [N] events with status\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Ranking by [DIMENSION] for performance\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Items requiring attention (filter: outside SLA)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n**Part 3 — Automated Alerts:**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nConfigure alerts for:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n1. [METRIC 1] < [THRESHOLD]: send to #ops-alerts on Slack\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n2. [METRIC 2] > [THRESHOLD] for more than [MINUTES]: email to management\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n3. No [EVENT] in the last [MINUTES]: critical alert\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n4. Downward trend: [METRIC] dropped [X%] vs same hour yesterday\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nFor each alert:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Metabase SQL query (Question)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Trigger condition\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Check frequency\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Notification channel\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Formatted message\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n**Part 4 — SQL for Main Questions:**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nWrite the SQL queries for each card/chart in the dashboard.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nUse CTEs for organization and comment the logic.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n**Part 5 — Self-Service:**\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- 5 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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