How to use the Dashboard

On this page, you will find information and helpful tips on how to use the Clean Energy Solutions Index Dashboard.

What is the Dashboard?

The Clean Energy Solutions Index Dashboard allows you to explore the Index data for yourself in a visual and interactive format. This means you can view the results of the survey in charts and tables, as well as analyse the data using various data cuts, tables, and filtering.

The platform also allows you to export the Index results in various formats to use in presentations, documents, and reports.

Using the Dashboard

01.

Dashboard navigation

To navigate to the Dashboard, hover over ‘Latest Data’ in the top menu, then click or tap on ‘Dashboard’. The Dashboard featured two tabs: ‘Executive Summary’ and ‘Chart Builder’. You can switch between these two tabs by clicking the one that is not selected under the page heading.

The Executive Summary tab shows a snapshot of the Index results, features key insights to help interpret trends in the data, and helps to explain how the Index is constructed.
The Chart Builder tab allows you to immerse yourself in the Index data, by creating your own charts using any metric from the study, as well as viewing the data by demographic sub-groups.

From any Dashboard tab, you can navigate back to the Clean Energy Solutions Index website by using the menu in the top right corner.

02.

Changing how data is displayed

Executive Summary

On the Executive Summary tab, use the dropdowns under the ‘How would you like to view the results?’ heading to toggle between geographic regions, time periods (years), and turn data labels or base sizes on and off (to reduce visual clutter, if required).

Chart builder

On the Chart Builder tab, start by using the ‘Metric’ dropdown under the ‘Which results would you like to view?’ heading to select which Metric you would like to display.

Once you have selected a Metric, use the dropdowns under the ‘How would you like to view the results?’ heading to manipulate how the data is displayed. Each of the dropdowns has a specific function:

View by. This changes the subgroups which are shown in charts, graphs or tables. For example, selecting ‘Gender’ in the ‘View by’ drop down will display the selected Metric by Gender subgroups.
Cross by. When the data is viewed by ‘Solutions’ in the ‘View by’ dropdown, the ‘Cross by’ dropdown becomes available, allowing you to cross the Solution level data by a demographic subgroup split.
Chart. Allows you to change which chart is used to display the data. Bar charts, stacked bar charts, and tables are available, depending on the other options you have selected.
Year. Changes the year of the data shown. Subsequent years will become available as data collection is completed each year.
Data labels on or off. You can turn data labels on or off to reduce the visual clutter on a chart.
Base on or off. You can turn base sizes on and off to reduce the visual clutter on a chart.
Swap rows and columns. When viewing the data as a table, you can swap rows and columns to allow sorting by either the question responses, or by subgroups (e.g., gender or age groups)

03.

Interacting with charts and tables

You can also use the following features to interact with the data that is shown in charts and tables:

Hovering or tapping on the chart to see specific results. On each chart, you can hover over data points to see the results in a popup. This can be helpful if there are many data series shown on a single chart.
Sorting data tables. Whenever a table is shown, you can sort the table by clicking on each column heading. You can sort by any column in the table, in both ascending and descending order. The column that is sorted will change into a different colour and will indicate the order of sorting through an up or down arrow.

04.

Filtering the data

To open the filter menu, click or tap on the filter icon in the top right corner of the page. Once the menu opens, there will be several filters to choose from.

Clicking or tapping on each filter will open a drop down, allowing you to select your desired options. For example, you could filter by a specific age group by dropping down the age filter and selecting a specific age group.

You can apply multiple filters simultaneously. For example, you could filter by Females, in Victoria, who are 18-24 years of age.

Once you have made your filter selections, click on the apply button in the bottom left corner of the filter menu to apply your filter(s).

You can change filters any time by re-opening the filter menu, clicking reset, choosing your next combination of filters, and then clicking or tapping apply again.

05.

Metric, filter, and base size indicators

The Metric selected is shown in the Metric indicator, located in bottom left corner of the chart area.

The Filters you have applied are shown in the Filter indicator, located at the bottom middle of the chart area, next to the Metric indicator. When a Filter has been applied, the Filter information within the indicator will change, showing the specific Filter that has been applied to the data.

The Base size for the selected Metric, taking into account any Filters that have been applied, is shown in the Base size indicator, located at the bottom right of the chart area, next to the Filter indicator. This is the total Base size for the Metric. Base sizes for individual data series are displayed on the chart.

When the Base size for a question is low, the Base size warning indicator will display, and is located on the bottom right of the chart area, next to the Base size indicator. There are two base size indicators that you may see in the dashboard pages.

Warning, base size low, interpret with caution. If a specific data series has a sample of below 100 respondents, a yellow indicator will be shown next to the data series on the chart, along with a warning in the Base size warning indicator.
Insufficient sample size to show data. If a specific data series has a sample below 50 respondents, a red indicator will be shown next to the data series, along with a note at the bottom of the page. The data for the specific series will not be displayed on the chart, graph, or table, to prevent misinterpretation.

06.

Exporting the data

You can export the data that is shown on the dashboard page to PNG (image), PDF (document) or XLSX (workbook) format.

To export data, open the Export menu by clicking on the Export icon in the top right corner of the page.

Select the format you would like to export to. A dialogue box will open prompting you to save the exported file to your device. Select a location to save your file and then click save.

Please note that the export will export the entire page, including the metric, views, charts, etc. you have selected, and any filters you have applied.

Explore the Dashboard

Explore the Clean Energy Solutions Index data for yourself through the interactive dashboard.