--- title: "The Executive Dashboard" description: "Bramble's Dashboard provides a holistic view of operational performance." url: https://support.brmbl.io/en/articles/10249023-the-executive-dashboard collection: "Reports" updated: 2025-07-24 language: en --- # The Executive Dashboard Bramble's Dashboard provides a holistic view of operational performance. The Dashboard is designed to allow you to obtain a broad snapshot of performance across a range of operational metrics. The Dashboard can be run over any date-range and can be filtered to specific departments, teams or groups of teams via the filters in the top-left of screen: ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_7755.png) It is accessible via the side-bar menu under 'Reports' > 'Dashboard.' * * * ## Key metrics The Dashboard presents metrics that can be split into 3 categories: 1. [**Workforce performance**](#h_8cf8fa3366) 2. [**The cost of completing Output**](#h_ae4783e6d8) 3. [**Capacity**](#h_af16944d80) The sections below will walk you through the 3 categories in detail. * * * ## Workforce performance The '**Workforce Efficiency funnel'** in the top-left provides you with a breakdown of: - [**Total FTE**](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/7120777-what-does-fte-mean) - how many staff employed) over the selected date-range - [**Available FTE**](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/7120786-what-is-available-time) - The FTE that actually worked over the selected date-range. Essentially, Total FTE less Leave plus Overtime - [**FTE Utilized**](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/6963790-what-is-utilization) - the time invested in completing Production Tasks over the selected date-range. It is derived by removing any time spent on Supporting Tasks from the Available FTE - [**FTE Output**](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/6910771-what-is-a-production-task) - the level of production achieved by the utilized FTE. This metric looks at overall Output over the selected date-range and applies all relevant Ideal Task Times (ITTs) to convert output into FTE ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_1868.png) The funnel provides you with a visual to help you determine if leaders are using their resources effectively. The more productive a department/team is, the closer the FTE Output metric will be to Available FTE. The top-line metrics also focus on workforce efficiency, presenting the average [Contribution](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/6965420-what-is-contribution), [Utilization](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/6963790-what-is-utilization) and [Productivity](https://intercom.help/bramble-9a214b7cc894/en/articles/6963792-what-is-yield) over the selected date-range. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_9526.png) Please note that the variance against plan is displayed in the bottom-right of each metric card. The '**Overall Performance'** chart trends Contribution, Utilization, Productivity and Available FTE over time to help identify any seasonal impact or interesting outliers: ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_8629.png) * * * ## The cost of completing Output Two elements of the Dashboard provide you with insight into the cost of completing Output. The '**Cost Of An hour Of Output**' chart trends the metric over the selected date-range and contrasts current performance to the previous period. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172925_0142.png) The **'Organizational Unit/Team Productivity And Cost' bubble-chart** contains 3 elements: 1. The cost per hour of Output (hourly output cost) 2. Productivity 3. Total Output expressed as FTE - this is presented via the bubbles each team/department displays in the chart. The bigger the bubble, the greater the total Output. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172925_4669.png) If you hover over a bubble, a tool-tip will appear providing the specific performance across the 3 metrics. * * * ## Capacity The **'Biggest Opportunity'** chart displays the total Output and Gap expressed in FTE: ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_3276.png) The purpose of this chart is to illustrate the capacity for each Organizational Unit/Team over the selected date-range. The 'Output Gap' displays the capacity within each team based on current workloads and performance - the higher the Productivity, the smaller the Output Gap. The Biggest Opportunity chart should be used by Executives/Senior Leaders to quickly ascertain where capacity exists in their organization with the goal to reduce overall capacity by: - Producing more Output per FTE (thereby reducing the Output Gap) - Right-sizing the Organizational Unit/Team - Reallocating work across the organizational unit leading to better balancing of workload with resources. * * * ## Performance, by Org Unit Finally, the **'Performance, by Org Unit'** summarizes key metrics in a table of all Org Units/Teams reporting up to the Unit the Dashboard has been run for. The metrics displayed in the table are: - Cost per Hour of Output - Productivity - Total FTE - Available FTE - Utilized FTE - Output FTE ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172925_7995.png) This table also acts as jump-off point allowing you to filter the Dashboard to a specific Org Unit/Team. Simply click on the row of the Org Unit/Team you'd like to run the Dashboard for. * * * ## 'Configure chart' functionality The 'configure-chart' option allows you to group by and in some cases sort highest/lowest first. This can be accessed by clicking the following icon which appears in the top-right of any relevant charts: ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_8712.png) A pop-up will appear guiding you through the filters that are applicable for that specific chart: ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68819d043496084e4796ea23/20250724172924_7948.png) As with other reports allowing for configurable charts, Bramble will remember the last filter you applied and automatically default to that view for you next time you access the Dashboard.