Dashboards: Visualize key data and performance

Dashboards: Visualize key data and performance

When you browse What’s Trending or use Search, clicking any tile opens a Dashboard. 


Dashboards combine metadata, KPIs and detailed consumption data for artists, albums and songs. They show performance over time, by location and more. Dashboard displays are dynamic and customizable, with multilayered filters available to adjust your analysis in real time. 

Dashboard categories: Artist, Album and Song

CONNECT generates Dashboards for most musical entities in our database. There are three Dashboard types, some with their own subcategories:


Artist Dashboards

      No subcategories


Album Dashboards

  • Release Group Dashboards

  • Release Dashboards

  • Product Dashboards


Song Dashboards

  • Song Dashboards 

  • Recording Dashboards



Sometimes, we don't receive enough information to automatically create artist or title Dashboards. We manually correct metadata, add artists and merge items as needed. For more information on Dashboard creation, new artist submission or metadata corrections, see Registration.


Often, Dashboard controls are powerful enough to pull sales and streaming numbers without requiring you to run a separate Trend Report. 



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Anatomy of a Dashboard 

CONNECT Dashboards have similar layouts, with a few differences among Artist, Song, Release Group and Recording/Product categories.
See an example: Dashboard layout




1. Top menu bar
with data controls and view options

2. Overview and topline metadata 


3. KPIs (5 panes / 2 rows)





4. Activity panes (Over Time, by Location)











5. Dashboard-specific details (Ex. Discography, Similar artists)







       Data has been partially redacted. 


See below for details on each section. 



1. Top menu bar: Data controls and view options

The consumption figures you see on a Dashboard are dynamic. Most will change based on your selected Time Frame, Location and Activity View.


Use the top dropdown menus to set different parameters; you'll see the page refresh with new consumption figures.
See top menu bar: Time Frame, Location and Markets

Use the Time Frame, Location and Markets dropdowns to change default settings.


Open Data Controls from the icon to the right of Markets to set more precise parameters across the Dashboard.

See Activity Type and Breakout View selection
Activity Type is a mandatory Dashboard setting. Dashboards highlight different data and metrics based on the selected activity.


Choosing Streams, Song Sales, Product Sales, Airplay Spins or Airplay Audience will change the emphasis of the entire Dashboard. (If you don't make a selection, the Dashboard will show metrics for the default activity, usually Streams).

Breakout View options can further segment your data. 



The above example sets Activity Type: Product Sales and Breakout View: Store Strata.

Refer to Activity Types for details on activities and breakouts.


 



2.  Overview and details

Beneath the top menu bar, a fixed pane contains standard identifying information for the entity.


Click MORE DETAILS > to see all metadata, IDs and rights information.
See an example: Artist Details
Clicking MORE DETAILS opens additional tabs of information for each Dashboard entity. The leftmost DETAILS tab lists metadata related to artist, genre and format (if applicable).



See an example: Release External IDs
Luminate IDs are in the leftmost DETAILS tab. All other ID types for an entity are listed under EXTERNAL IDS.



External IDs

These are unique alphanumeric identifiers used by different providers and databases. We also attach a Luminate ID to each musical entity. Use Luminate IDs or external IDs for precise matching. 






  3.  Performance snapshot: KPIs 

The second and third rows summarize key performance indicators (KPIs): Streams, Song Sales, Product Sales, and Airplay activity. (Note that Product Sales won’t appear on Song Dashboards or in locations outside the U.S. and Canada). 


ATD (Activity to Date)
KPI displays might change based on Time Frame, Location and Activity View—but they’ll always include cumulative activity to date (ATD).

ATD is based on your Time Frame selection. It shows combined activity up to the end of your date range. If you choose a date range from a year ago, the most recent year of consumption won't be included in your ATD figures.


Change Over Time

Each KPI pane calculates a % change from the previous period, if applicable, and indicates  increase or  decrease. 


The “previous period” is always the same length as the selected date range. For instance, if you set your Time Frame to “Last week,” you’ll get an automatic comparison to the week before last. 


Airplay KPIs

The second row of KPIs shows Airplay Spins and Airplay Audience. Read more about Airplay in Activity Types.






   4.  Standard activity displays 

Activity panes combine visuals and numerical data to help you contextualize performance based on your settings. Scroll down a Dashboard to see Activity Over Time, Activity by Provider and Activity by Location.

Graph or Grid View?
Dashboards can display graph or grid visualizations. Click at top right or change the view options in the Data Controls menu to see a Grid View (table) instead. Grids can be exported as CSV or Excel files. 

Go to Settings to change your default data displays from Graphs to Grids across the entire app. User Settings can be found in the main CONNECT menu.


See an example: Activity Grid View
Click ... at top right to switch between Graph and Grid Views. All exports will download in grid format. 


Grids highlight and sort by your selected Activity Type. 


Expand grid columns using > to see breakouts.



 
Activity Over Time

Toggle between Daily or Weekly Time Views at top right. 


     

Activity by Location

See activity by country or at the market level.



Search for and add up to 6 locations from the left menu to create your own focused comparison.



Activity by Location and Market*

Some market-level data is available for the U.S. and Canada. 

See an example: Markets map
If your location is set to the United States or Canada, toggle the Markets switch to see a market-level heat map. 


Scroll the bar chart at bottom left to see all included markets. Hover over a bar to see details in a pop-up (see above).

Filter markets using Data Controls or the Markets dropdown. Note that market-level view options filter our some national providers, making market aggregate figures appear lower than the national total. 



Cross-border Airplay data
Dashboards can only aggregate data for one country at a time, which excludes cross-border Spins and Audience figures from Airplay totals.

However, Activity by Location displays the remaining consumption from “the other side”—the handful of stations physically located across the border that are still tracked with that country’s Airplay activity.


Note that the total at upper right reflects your selected country, not both countries.
​
Hover over the second country or switch to a Grid View to see the "extra" Airplay data.





*Not all subscriptions include market data. Ask your organization or contact Support for more information. 


Activity by Provider*

Rights holders can see activity on some assets by retailer or streaming service. Provider data is limited to certain account types and is visible for claimed ISRCs and ICPNs only. 

See an example: Provider breakout



*Not all subscriptions include market data. Ask your organization or contact Support for more information. 



   5.  Special activity displays 

Each Dashboard category—Artist, Album and Song—includes unique information. Scroll to the bottom of a Dashboard to see specialized activity panes that detail the musical components (an artist’s body of work, the tracks on an album, the products within a Release Group) that make up the Dashboard entity.


  • Discography (Artist)

  • Releases (Release Group)

  • Products (Release Group, Release)

  • Recordings (Song)

  • Airplay Formats (Song, Artist)

See an example: Airplay Formats
If you set Activity Type to Airplay Spins or Airplay Audience, the Dashboard will include an Airplay Formats grid that sorts activity by radio format.



 


Dashboard data exports

Click at the top right of any activity pane to export data with your view options and filters applied. 

What's included in a Dashboard export?
Activity data downloads in grid format as a CSV or Excel file. Exporting an activity pane will not include the entire Dashboard, just that grid. A Dashboard activity export won’t include graphs, maps or other visuals; to preserve imagery, take a screenshot.  

Any multi-tab activity pane, like Discography, will download as a multi-file .zip (CSV) or as an Excel file with multiple sheets.


Dashboard export file naming
Connect automatically generates file names for Dashboard exports. They include the Dashboard entity name (artist, release or song), name of the activity pane being exported, a Luminate ID and a unique timestamp. 

            Name/title_Activity type_Luminate ID_[timestamp]



Release Group and Song exports include the artist name. For example, an Excel download of Releases & Songs for Charli XCX’s Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat might look like:

Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat_CHARLI XCX_Releases & Songs_MRELG4A50905C49CF4E46998450857D9193D8_1728891755811.xlsx

 







 *Not all subscriptions include market-level data. Ask your organization or contact Support for more information. 

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