"being able to slice-and-dice is quite important for a dashboard. There's so many angles from which the data can be looked at"
You make the fundamental mistake of confusing a dashboard with an analytics tool. The former must function without interaction because it must deliver its value without the user working for it. The minute they have to "slice and dice" to get an answer then it's not a dashboard. Dashboards exist (as their name implies) to be glanced at in order to establish whether any action should be taken.
You make the fundamental mistake of confusing a dashboard with an analytics tool. The former must function without interaction because it must deliver its value without the user working for it. The minute they have to "slice and dice" to get an answer then it's not a dashboard. Dashboards exist (as their name implies) to be glanced at in order to establish whether any action should be taken.