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title: "What Is the SkillPanel Dashboard?"
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The Dashboard in SkillPanel gives managers a live view of workforce skills, onboarding progress, and role fit all in one place. It turns raw skills data into team-level insights you can filter, compare, and export.

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### When to Use This

- You need a quick summary of team composition, onboarding status, and popular roles.
- You’re reviewing how well employees’ skills align with defined roles.
- You want to spot trends in skill growth or update frequency.
- You’re preparing reports for HR, L&D, or leadership meetings.

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### Prerequisites

- Manager or admin access to **SkillPanel**.
- Active employee and role data in the system.
- Up-to-date skills assessments and onboarding records.

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### Quick Start

1. Go to the **Dashboard** tab in SkillPanel.
2. Use the time filters (top-right of each section) to view data by **day** or **month**.
3. Review sections:
  - **Employees & Onboarding** – team size, hires, and exits.
  - **Job Positions** – most common roles and role-fit percentages.
  - **Skills** – popular skills, updated levels, and skill changes over time.
4. Click **View All**, **Usage Analytics**, or **Report** buttons to explore details or export data.

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### Detailed Sections

#### 1. Employees and Onboarding

The **Employees** panel (left side) shows:

- Number of employees who **joined** or **left** the company.
- Filters for viewing changes by **day** or **month**.
- A shortcut to **People → Employee Status** via the **All Employees** button.

![image-20251006-123547.png](media://a4814b4e-06f6-4428-abc5-387f182eb9eb)

The **Employee Status** panel (right side) summarizes:

- Onboarding progress by status (e.g., “In Progress,” “Completed”).
- Counts and percentages of employees per status.
- A **Usage Analytics** button that opens detailed onboarding analytics under **Analytics → Onboarding**.

*Why this matters:* you can instantly spot bottlenecks in onboarding and track retention over time.

![image-20251006-123711.png](media://d0f96b72-8db0-40ac-8c86-55c50107a269)

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#### 2. Job Positions and Role Fit

The **Most Popular Job Positions** panel shows:

- The number of employees assigned to each role.
- Average role fit (% match between employees’ skills and role requirements).
- A **Job Position Fit Report** button for deeper insights — redirects to the **Report Builder** with data preloaded for the selected role.

*Why this matters:* this lets you measure how accurately your workforce aligns with defined competency roles.

![image-20251006-123942.png](media://19e1f2ae-776f-488d-8dcc-6ace5f945d67)

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#### 3. Skills Overview

Under the skills category, you’ll find several sections:

**Most Popular Skills**

- Displays new and updated skill evaluations.
- Sortable by time range.
- Shows last data update timestamp.

![image-20251006-124237.png](media://8d02d59c-e802-435f-9877-6299450d9ec0)

**Employees (by Skill)**

- Lists how many employees have a specific skill.
- Displays their average skill rating.
- Includes a **Skill Ratings Report** button to generate a full export.

![image-20251006-124347.png](media://fd9ca363-ae77-44f1-8b3d-35e0a316dac7)

Clicking on any skill opens a **Detailed Skill View**, showing:

- Average proficiency level across the company.
- Definition and learning materials.
- Teams relying on this skill.
- Who is currently learning or about to gain it.
- Edit and visualization options (Notebook icon for editing - 3 dots, yellow arrow; Skill Map icon for overview - red arrow).

![image-20251006-124555.png](media://13673deb-4436-4718-9fc6-0d5e72f8aa47)


![image-20251006-124710.png](media://275d8947-e89e-4ae0-b120-76a1ecb7349d)

**Skill Level Changes**

- Displays changes in team skill ratings over time.
- Includes a **Skill Ratings Report** button for ready-made exports.

*Why this matters:* this set of panels helps you track which skills are growing, stabilizing, or declining, which supports continuous development planning.

![image-20251006-124831.png](media://6c0655f1-b5c0-4529-b500-9726686e4cb5)

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### Use the Product to Go Faster / Safer / Clearer

| Step | Feature | Benefit | How? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dashboard Filters | Time-Based View | Track team changes daily or monthly | Quick toggle in each section |
| Usage Analytics | Deep Dive Reports | Identify onboarding trends | Redirects to Analytics module |
| Job Fit Reports | Prebuilt Role Metrics | Measures skill-role alignment | Pulls live data into report builder |
| Skill Reports | Exportable Insights | Benchmark skills and progress | Instant XLS generation |

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### Examples

**Example 1:**  
A manager reviews onboarding completion rates. They filter the **Employee Status** panel to the last 30 days → see 80% completion and generate an **Onboarding Analytics** report.

**Example 2:**  
The HR lead checks the **Most Popular Skills** panel, sees “Python” trending, clicks into it, and opens the detailed skill view → identifies which positions rely on it as a core skill or optional skill.

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### FAQ

**Q:** Are these metrics live?  
**A:** Yes. The Dashboard updates automatically based on employee activity and skills data.

**Q:** Can I change which widgets appear?  
**A:** Not yet. The Dashboard layout is fixed but fully filterable by time and team.

**Q:** Who can access the Dashboard?  
**A:** Managers, admins, and HR roles with analytics permissions.

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### Pitfalls & Tradeoffs

- Role fit averages can fluctuate as skills are updated.