What Analytic Tools Are Available to My Organization?
Analytics help you view, explore, and analyze your Accelerate data based on your role and permissions.
Dashboards provide high-level visibility into key safety trends and metrics for your Accelerate users. Reports provide deeper analysis tools for administrator users who need to investigate data, compare results, and make targeted decisions.
Accelerate Advanced Dashboards and Advanced Reports include out-of-the-box dashboard and reports built from your Accelerate data, so you can start reviewing performance and trends as soon as you sign in. You can use these as they are or use them as a starting point to create your own.
For more information, see VEHS EHS Dashboards and Reports.
In this article, you will:
- Understand the difference between dashboards and reports.
- Learn how access to Advanced Dashboards and Advanced Reports is managed through Role Management
Note
Permissions for Dashboards and Reports can be configured within your Role Management in Accelerate.
Dashboards and Reports Overview
Understanding the differences between dashboards and reports helps you choose the right tool for your needs.
Dashboards are designed for broad visibility and engagement. They help users quickly understand key safety trends without requiring deep data analysis.
Reports are designed for deeper analysis. They help administrators and authorized users review detailed data, apply filters, identify trends, and support decision-making.
Dashboards: High-Level Visibility for Your Organization
Dashboards give you and your team the insights you need to stay informed and take proactive steps without requiring deep data analysis:
- Purpose: Dashboards provide overviews of trends, incidents, and critical safety insights. They are designed to promote situational awareness across the workforce.
- Visibility: Dashboards are accessible to users who have permission to access them.
- Primary use: Dashboards help an organization quickly view key safety metrics and performance indicators with charts.
- Secondary use: They support management oversight by offering a broad snapshot of safety trends across locations or departments.
- Key features:
- Predefined widgets displaying important safety metrics
- Location-specific views to target information based on your site or role
- Highlights of key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive engagement
*Example of EHS Advanced Dashboard chart showing: 1) Key Metrics of your incidents reported at your location. 2) A visual breakdown of incident types, helping you stay aware of common risks.
Reports: Deep Analysis for Administrators
Reports help you move from big-picture observations to detailed, actionable insights:
- Purpose: Reports allow for in-depth exploration of safety data. They help you investigate trends, review compliance gaps, and identify areas for improvement.
- Visibility: Reports are available to administrators by default. Access can be adjusted for other authorized users based on your organization’s internal needs and role permissions
- Primary use: Reports support targeted trend analysis, incident investigations, and compliance reviews.
- Secondary use: They provide operational insights that help teams design focused safety interventions.
- Key features:
- Analyze and filter data to uncover deeper insights
- Compare data across locations, departments, or other fields
- Presents tables and data sets beyond predefined dashboard widgets
*Example of EHS Advanced Report showing: 1) Grouped Incidents records by Root Cause Level. 2) Identify Incident records over the past six months.
Role Management for Advanced Dashboards and Advanced Reports
Role | Default Access |
General Users | Can: View dashboards and apply temporary filters. Cannot: View reports, or create, modify, or share dashboards. |
Administrators | Can: View, create, edit, save, and share dashboards and reports. They have full access to explore and interact with all available data views. |
Note
Administrators automatically have the Explore Reporting Data policy assigned, which grants full access to build and modify dashboards and reports.
Administrators who need to access Advanced Dashboards content must be assigned a specific role. See Managing Access to Advanced Dashboards for more information.
