What Can You Use Dashboards For
Dashboards give you a real-time snapshot of your work. Depending on how they’re set up, you can use them to:
Monitor active, completed, or delayed projects
Track financial metrics like revenue, costs, and outstanding invoices
Get quick insights into estimates, proposals, and change orders
View workload distribution across teams
Keep an eye on overall business performance at a glance
Each dashboard can be tailored to focus on a specific goal, such as project management, finance tracking, or executive reporting.
ℹ️ Note: The data shown on dashboards is updated automatically based on activity across projects, invoices, bills, and other Buildern modules.
Dashboard Structure
The dashboard is organized into a flexible layout made up of widgets. Each widget displays a specific type of data, allowing you to review different aspects of your business in one view.
Common widget types include:
Financial summaries such as revised contract value, costs, and gross profit
Invoice and bill summaries
Purchase order and change order overviews
Project lists showing key project details
Widgets can be arranged across multiple rows and columns, making it easy to prioritize the information that matters most to you.
💡 Tip: Placing high-level summary widgets at the top of the dashboard helps you quickly understand overall performance before reviewing detailed lists or charts.
Widgets and Data Visualization
Dashboards in Buildern are built using widgets, which act as individual data blocks displaying specific sets of information. Widgets can present data in different formats- such as totals, charts, lists, or status summaries - depending on the type of insight they provide.
By combining multiple widgets on a dashboard, complex data is transformed into clear, visual overviews that help teams quickly understand performance and trends.
👉 Learn more about Widgets
Creating Dashboards
Buildern allows you to create multiple dashboards to support different workflows and reporting needs. Each dashboard can be set up with its own layout, widgets, and visibility settings, making it easy to organize information by role, team, or purpose.
👉 You can read more about How to Create a New Dashboard
💡 Tip: Many teams create separate dashboards for management, project teams, and finance users to ensure each role sees the most relevant data.
In upcoming articles, we’ll explore more features and tools to help you get even more out of Buildern.
Happy Building!