Activity Summary
Visualize and analyze activity patterns across your entire workspace with customizable charts and data aggregation for organization-wide engagement insights
Specs
Version
0.1.0 (updated on 2026-04-27)
Developer
Labii Inc.
Type
Dashboard
Support Configuration
Yes
Overview
The Activity Summary dashboard widget provides comprehensive visualization and analysis of activity patterns across your entire workspace. Unlike the section widget which operates within individual records, this dashboard widget aggregates activity data organization-wide, enabling laboratory administrators and managers to track system usage, analyze team engagement, and understand workflow trends across all accessible projects and teams. Users can configure dynamic queries to filter activities by projects, tables, personnel, and date ranges, then visualize results through multiple chart types including bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, and radar plots. This widget is ideal for executive dashboards, organization-wide usage reporting, and audit oversight.
Use Cases
Organization-Wide Engagement: Monitor activity rates across all teams and projects to assess overall system adoption and identify highly active groups
Cross-Project Activity Analytics: Compare activity volumes across multiple projects simultaneously to identify most active research areas and collaboration patterns
Audit and Compliance Oversight: Monitor user actions and system usage across the entire organization to support regulatory compliance and data integrity verification
Executive Reporting: Generate visual activity reports for leadership reviews, board meetings, and organizational performance assessments
Department Comparisons: Compare engagement and system usage across different departments, research groups, or business units
Long-Term Trend Analysis: Track organization-wide activity trends over months or years to identify usage cycles, adoption growth, and behavioral patterns
Onboarding Impact: Analyze how new team members contribute to overall system activity by tracking personnel-specific activity counts over time
System Utilization: Understand which table types and data structures generate the most activity across the organization to guide system optimization
Configuration
This dashboard widget shares the same configuration options as the section Activity Summary widget. The configuration interface includes:
Build Query Settings: Filter activities by tables, projects, personnel, date ranges, and custom queries
Build Chart Settings: Define grouping methods (projects, tables, personnel, date) and value calculations (activity count)
Chart Type Selection: Choose from 10 different visualization types
For detailed configuration instructions, please refer to the Configuration section of the section widget documentation.
The key difference is scope: the dashboard widget analyzes activity data across your entire workspace and all accessible projects, while the section widget is limited to activities within a specific record context.
Interface
Read-only View
The read-only view of the dashboard widget displays the same interactive chart interface as the section widget, showing aggregated activity data with labeled axes, legend, and hover interactions. The visualization presents data according to your configured grouping method and value type.
For a detailed description of the read-only view features and capabilities, please see the Interface section of the section widget documentation.
Dashboard-Specific Considerations:
Workspace Scope: The dashboard widget aggregates activity data across all projects you have access to in your workspace
Performance: Larger activity volumes may result in longer chart generation times compared to section-level analysis
Permissions: The widget only displays activity data for projects and records you have permission to access
Persistent Display: Dashboard widgets remain visible and accessible from your dashboard for quick access to organization-wide activity insights
Best Practices
Dashboard-Specific Guidelines
Strategic Use: Use dashboard widgets for organization-wide activity analysis, while section widgets work better for project-specific or experiment-level insights
Access Control: Be aware that different users will see different activity data based on their project access permissions
Performance Considerations: For very large organizations, consider using date range filters or project filters to limit data scope and improve chart generation speed
Regular Monitoring: Pin activity analytics to your dashboard for quick access to recurring usage reports and engagement KPIs
Complementary Views: Create multiple dashboard widgets with different configurations to monitor various organizational engagement metrics simultaneously
For comprehensive best practices on data organization, analytical strategy, and chart selection, please refer to the Best Practices section of the section widget documentation.
Related Widgets
Dashboard Widgets
Record Summary: Similar dashboard widget that counts records instead of activities — use Record Summary to track data creation output and Activity Summary to track user engagement and system usage
Section Widget Counterpart
Section Activity Summary: The section version of this widget for activity analysis within individual experiments and projects
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