InsightBoard — Analytics Dashboard
A data-dense analytics and admin dashboard with role-based access, real-time metrics and exports — replacing manual spreadsheet reporting.
- Timeline
- 5 weeks
- Role
- Full-stack development
- Team
- Lead engineer
- Year
- 2025
−10h
Reporting / week
real-time
Metrics
5
Permission roles
1-click
Exports
Client goals
- ◎Centralise scattered data into one view
- ◎Keep it fast with large datasets
- ◎Control access by role
Project overview
InsightBoard pulls a business's scattered data into one real-time, role-aware dashboard, replacing hours of manual spreadsheet reporting every week.
The client problem
Our solution
We centralised the data, cached expensive aggregates in Redis, and built reusable widgets with server-side pagination so the dashboard stays fast even with large datasets — all behind role-based access.
What we built
Features
Live metrics
Real-time KPIs and trends.
Reusable widgets
Composable charts, tables and cards.
Role-based access
Five roles with scoped data.
Server pagination
Fast tables over large datasets.
Exports
One-click CSV and PDF reports.
Alerts
Threshold-based notifications.
Under the hood
Technical code
type Props = { label: string; value: string; delta?: number }; export function StatCard({ label, value, delta }: Props) { return ( <div className="rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-white/5 p-5"> <p className="text-sm text-muted">{label}</p> <p className="mt-1 text-2xl font-bold">{value}</p> {delta !== undefined && ( <p className={delta >= 0 ? "text-emerald-400" : "text-red-400"}> {delta >= 0 ? "▲" : "▼"} {Math.abs(delta)}% </p> )} </div> );}import { db } from "@/lib/db"; export async function GET() { const items = await db.project.findMany({ where: { status: "active" }, select: { id: true, name: true, updatedAt: true }, orderBy: { updatedAt: "desc" }, take: 50, }); return Response.json(items);}Integrations
APIs & services
Redis
Cached aggregates for instant loads.
Resend
Scheduled report emails.
PostgreSQL
Indexed analytical queries.
Process
Development workflow
- 1
Discovery
Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.
- 2
Planning
Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.
- 3
UI/UX design
Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.
- 4
Backend setup
Database schema, auth and core services.
- 5
API development
Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.
- 6
Frontend
Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.
- 7
Testing
QA across devices plus performance & security checks.
- 8
Deployment
CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.
- 9
Support
Ongoing maintenance, updates and new features.
Speed & SEO
Performance & SEO
Performance
- ✓Server-side & static rendering for instant first paint
- ✓Image optimisation and lazy loading
- ✓Code-splitting and route-level prefetching
- ✓Edge/CDN caching with smart revalidation
- ✓Green Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
- ✓Database indexing and query tuning
SEO
- ✓Per-page metadata, canonical URLs and Open Graph
- ✓Structured data (JSON-LD) for rich results
- ✓Programmatic sitemap & robots
- ✓Semantic, accessible HTML
- ✓Clean, descriptive slug URLs
Built secure
Security
Outcome
Results & impact
−10h
Reporting / week
real-time
Metrics
5
Permission roles
1-click
Exports
InsightBoard eliminated ~10 hours of weekly manual reporting, delivering real-time, role-aware analytics that stay fast over large datasets.
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