---
id: 6396
title: "Top 5 Dashboard fails (and how to fix them)"
source_domain: metabase.com
source_url: "https://www.metabase.com/blog/top-5-dashboard-fails"
published_at: "2025-04-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["metabase", "best-practices", "analytics", "design", "dashboards", "data-visualization"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6396"
lang: en
---

# Top 5 Dashboard fails (and how to fix them)

## Summary

Five common dashboard failures — cramming in everything, wrong chart types, missing context — and how to fix them, from starting with the decision to matching charts to your message.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** metabase.com
- **Published:** 2025-04-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.metabase.com/blog/top-5-dashboard-fails
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6396