Widget of the Week: KPI-Dashboard for Executives in the Staffbase Intranet

When data exists – but not where decisions are made

Executives need a quick and reliable overview in their daily work: How are projects progressing? Where are there deviations? Which metrics are currently decision-relevant? In many companies, this information exists – scattered across SharePoint pages, Microsoft 365 lists, Excel files, or enterprise applications.

While the Staffbase intranet is intensively used for internal communication, it often falls short when it comes to management information. This is precisely where a media gap emerges – one that costs time and delays decisions. At the same time, expectations are rising: information should be current, clear, and directly available in the work context.

What challenges do companies face?

From practical experience with Staffbase customers, a similar pattern repeatedly emerges:

• Editorial teams want to inform executives strategically but quickly hit technical limits with KPI content. Adjustments often require IT support.
• IT departments receive short-notice requests for new dashboards or additional metrics – often without a clearly defined scope.
• Executives see information late or not tailored to their role. Different areas of responsibility are not adequately considered.
• Information sources exist but are not meaningfully connected: data from SharePoint or Microsoft 365 environments find no structured path into the intranet.

The result: high coordination overhead, limited data freshness, and an intranet that doesn’t fully realize its potential as a central work platform.

The Solution: KPI-Dashboard with JASP Widget Builder for Staffbase

With the Widget Builder for Staffbase, KPI-dashboards can be implemented directly in the intranet – without custom development and without ongoing IT dependencies. The focus is on transparency, simple maintenance, and clear presentation of relevant metrics.

What the Widget Builder specifically enables:

• No-Code for editorial teams: KPIs are configured, not programmed. Adjustments happen without creating an IT ticket each time.
• Targeted personalization: Executives see only the metrics relevant to their role, location, or area of responsibility.
• Iterative implementation: KPI-dashboards aren’t rigid mega-projects – they can be expanded and adjusted step by step.
• Seamless integration: Defined data sources from SharePoint or Microsoft 365-based systems are connected and visualized in the Staffbase intranet.

Real-world example

A company already uses widgets for news and milestones. They add a KPI-dashboard:

• Department leaders see project status, budget indicators, and open milestones.
• Location managers receive location-specific additional metrics.
• The homepage stays clear because content is targeted to the right audience.

Presentation is deliberately compact – using indicators, status displays, or simple trend overviews.

Technical background – pragmatically designed

The technical entry point is manageable. The Widget Builder is set up once. After that, roles are clear:

• Editorial team: configures content, adjusts metrics, controls distribution.
• IT: is involved in initial setup and when connecting new data sources.

Widgets access existing, defined data sources. No parallel data silos emerge – instead, clean integration with existing Microsoft and Staffbase environments. Technical complexity stays in the background – what’s visible is the result in the intranet.

Practical benefits & effects

For the editorial team

• Fewer coordination loops with IT
• Greater flexibility in content design
• More relevant information for executives

For IT

• Fewer custom solutions
• Clear separation between setup and operations
• Maintainable and stable integration

For executives and users

• Central access point for current metrics
• Fewer media breaks in daily work
• Higher acceptance of Staffbase intranet as a work platform

The intranet transforms from a pure communication channel into a central transparency and orientation tool for executives.

Conclusion

A KPI-dashboard in the Staffbase intranet rarely fails due to missing data – it fails due to impractical implementation. The JASP Widget Builder for Staffbase closes exactly this gap: pragmatically, integrably, and editorially manageable. With years of experience in Microsoft 365 and Staffbase projects, JASP is a reliable partner for conception, implementation, and operation of such solutions.

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