DASHEXPLAIN DOCS · v1.4
Ship dashboards people actually understand.
Guides, references, and runnable examples for planning, building, and reviewing dashboards in DashExplain — for Tableau, Power BI, and Looker.
QUICK START
Pick where to begin
Three paths into the product. Each takes under 10 minutes.
01 · RECOMMENDED
Build your first wireframe
From blank canvas to AI critique in under 5 minutes. No data connection needed.
02 · BUILDER
Connect a live data source
Hook DashExplain up to Tableau Cloud, Power BI, or a warehouse for schema-aware critiques.
03 · VIEWER
Read your first explanation
How to make sense of an explained dashboard and ask follow-up questions in plain English.
04 · CONCEPTS
How DashExplain thinks
The mental model — wireframes, schemas, critiques, and the loop between Builder and Viewer.
05 · SCHEMA
Run your first schema check
Confirm your data is shaped for the dashboard you want — before you build it.
06 · SHIP IT
Export to your BI tool
Push the finished wireframe to Tableau, Power BI, or Looker with structured handoff notes.
BUILDER
The three pillars
Every dashboard moves through Plan, Build, and Review. Docs are organized the same way.
PLAN
Define audience and shape
Set the audience, decide the questions the dashboard must answer, and check your schema can support them.
BUILD
Wireframe and critique
Lay out the dashboard, run AI critique against a rubric, and apply structured suggestions in one click.
REVIEW
Compare and ship
Compare versions, inspect generated insights, and export the result to your BI platform of choice.
VIEWER
For people reading dashboards
Not building? Start here. Everything you need to make sense of an explained dashboard.
Reading an explanation
What the panels mean and how to navigate between them.
Ask follow-up questions
Plain-English questions that stay grounded in the underlying data.
Sharing & embeds
Share an explained view with teammates or embed it in Notion / Confluence.
Browser extension
Explain any dashboard you can already see in Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
RESOURCES
Reference & help
Specs, shortcuts, and the boring-but-important parts.