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Project Dashboards

Owned by Mary Irion
Last updated: Aug 30, 2021 by Randy Madsen
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Initial Considerations

Project Dashboards provide the capability to build webpages from the content in your project. It is a webpage generating tool which is found in the Applications Section of your project. A user must have Project Design & Setup privileges to see Project Dashboards in their left navigation pane.

Each Project Dashboard has settings to allow which users can see that specific Dashboard. One does not need Project Design & Setup to view a Dashboard

 

  • Each Project Dashboard has settings where it can be designated to be public (anyone can view if given the link)

  1. Use of Public Dashboard must be approved by a REDCap Administrator for each project

  2. REDCap projects must also be moved to production for public dashboards to be approved

  • Project dashboards can be saved as PDF or sometimes downloaded as separate CSV file

    • A public dashboard can’t be found by searching Google. A unique link must be provided

Most often the Project Dashboards are comprised of narrative text along with graphs and charts which are generated by mathematical functions using smart variables to create aggregate functions, charts and tables to summarize the data in your project.

The Project Dashboar pulls data from the project. These project dashboards are dynamic webpages which update as your project data grows. You can compile the syntax for the smart variable equations or use the built-in Wizard tool to create robust dashboards like those shown below:

 

 

NOTE: What is possible on Project Dashboards is dependent upon project setup and structure (structure of instruments and field types being used). The below Project Dashboard is a centralized portal of the data for a project using Data Access Groups (DAGs) for a multi-site research project

 

GETTING STARTED

Because REDCap offers much documentation on Project Dashboards, this article will guide you to those resources and the development of a “Practice” project which utilizes the Project Dashboard template.

  1. Request Create new project using the Project Dashboard template



  2. On the left Navigation Pane, click on Project Dashboards

    2. On the next screen, click on the video link to watch a brief excellent video on creating project dashboards

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  3. You can also click on Edit next to the Project Dashboard examples to view how each was configured.

  4. To learn more about filtering data or using a subset of the data in the project by limiting them to a specific report's data, click on the Learn More link in the introductory paragraph

 

CONSIDERATIONS AND FAQ’s

  1. It is necessary to submit a REDCap Help Ticket to enable public links for your projects