BusinessInsight User Guide

Use this guide to walk through the product screens in order: admin sign-in, trial onboarding, role and user setup, dashboard administration, widget management, and mobile dashboard usage.

How to read this guide

Each section shows the output screen first, then explains what the screen is for and the actions a user should take.

Client Admin - Sign In

Purpose

This screen verifies the user before any company, role, dashboard, or widget configuration is shown. It protects tenant setup and prevents non-admin users from opening the administration console.

How to use it

Enter the assigned admin user name.
Enter the password provided during setup or activation.
Click Sign in to open the client admin workspace.
Use Sign up for trial when a new company wants to start onboarding.

Client Admin - Company Roles and Users

BusinessInsight company roles and users screen — Roles and users decide which dashboards each person can open.

Purpose

This screen organizes users by their responsibility. A company can create separate experiences for finance, HR, plant operations, marketing, ownership, or any custom role.

How to use it

Review the roles already available for the company.
Open a role to inspect its users and dashboard access.
Add, edit, or deactivate users as responsibilities change.
Use role separation to keep each manager focused on the correct metrics.

Client Admin - Edit Role

BusinessInsight edit role screen — The edit role screen controls the identity and purpose of a dashboard role.

Purpose

Roles are the foundation of the BusinessInsight experience. A role explains who the dashboard is for and helps the system assign the right screens, widgets, and questions.

How to use it

Update the role name so it matches the customer organization.
Use a clear description that explains who should receive the role.
Save the role before assigning users or dashboards to it.

Client Admin - User Registration Under Roles

BusinessInsight user registration under roles screen — User registration links each person to the role that controls their dashboard view.

Purpose

The screen lets a client admin create or maintain business users inside a selected role. This is how a finance user receives finance dashboards while a marketing user receives marketing dashboards.

How to use it

Select the role that the new user belongs to.
Enter the user identity and login information.
Activate the user only when the dashboard setup is ready.
Keep inactive or departed users disabled to protect access.

Client Admin - Dashboard Administration

BusinessInsight admin view of dashboards for different roles — The admin dashboard view shows how different roles receive different dashboard experiences.

Purpose

This screen confirms that BusinessInsight is role-based. The admin can review dashboards for different departments before users open them.

How to use it

Select a role to preview the dashboard assigned to that role.
Check whether the widgets match that manager's responsibility.
Use the preview to validate layout and business meaning before rollout.

Role Dashboards

These screenshots show how dashboards change by business responsibility. Each role sees the KPIs, charts, and detail paths that matter to that department.

BusinessInsight finance dashboard — **Finance Dashboard.** Used to review revenue, costs, receivables, and finance signals. Finance managers use it to find exceptions and prioritize action.

BusinessInsight HR manager dashboard — **HR Manager Dashboard.** Helps HR leaders monitor workforce, staffing, attendance, and people-related indicators.

BusinessInsight plant manager dashboard — **Plant Manager Dashboard.** Gives operations teams a focused view of production, quality, downtime, and plant risk signals.

BusinessInsight marketing dashboard — **Marketing Dashboard.** Helps marketing or sales users review performance, campaign movement, customer activity, and territory trends.

Client Admin - Widget Workshop

BusinessInsight widget workshop screen — The widget workshop is where admin users manage the building blocks of dashboards.

Purpose

A widget is one business question shown visually. The workshop lets admins find, review, create, and maintain the widgets that appear on role dashboards.

How to use it

Filter widgets by role, title, or status.
Open an existing widget to verify its query and display type.
Create a new widget when a dashboard needs a new KPI, chart, or table.
Use the workshop before publishing dashboards to client users.

Client Admin - New Widget Definition

BusinessInsight new widget definition screen — The new widget screen turns a business metric into a reusable dashboard component.

Purpose

This screen defines what a widget means, which data it reads, how it should look, and which role should see it.

How to use it

Choose the role and dashboard where the widget belongs.
Write a business title that managers understand.
Select the display type such as card, line chart, radial gauge, bar chart, or summary view.
Map the query output fields to labels, values, targets, thresholds, or categories.
Save and test before showing it to end users.

Client Admin - Edit and View Widgets

After a widget is created, client admins can inspect the saved definition and edit it when dashboard requirements change.

BusinessInsight edit widget screen — **Edit Widget.** Use this screen to adjust title, role, visual type, field mapping, threshold logic, and query behavior when the business meaning changes.

BusinessInsight view widget screen — **View Widget.** Use this read-only view to confirm the widget definition before assigning it to users or discussing it with stakeholders.

Mobile User - Login Screen

BusinessInsight mobile login screen — Mobile users sign in to open their assigned tenant and role dashboard.

Purpose

The mobile login screen gives managers secure access to business dashboards from a phone. It is designed for users who need visibility away from a desk.

How to use it

Enter the same assigned BusinessInsight credentials.
Open the dashboard for the user's tenant and role.
Use mobile views during meetings, travel, field visits, or plant walk-throughs.

Mobile User - Dashboard Cards and Trend Charts

BusinessInsight mobile card view and line chart — The mobile card and line chart view summarizes current value and trend in a compact phone layout.

Purpose

Cards make the current KPI easy to scan. Line charts help users understand whether the number is improving, declining, or stable over time.

How to use it

Open the role dashboard on mobile.
Review card values first to identify priority items.
Use the line chart to compare the current value against recent history.
Tap or scroll through widgets to continue the dashboard review.

Mobile User - Radial, Bar, Pie, and Summary Views

BusinessInsight mobile dashboards support several chart types so each metric can be shown in the form that best explains it.

BusinessInsight mobile radial gauge and bar chart — **Radial view and bar chart.** Use gauges for progress against a threshold and bars for category comparison, such as salesperson, territory, product, or period.

BusinessInsight mobile pie chart and summary view — **Pie chart and summary view.** Use pie charts to explain contribution and summary views to present grouped business totals in a small screen format.