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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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single pane of glass

/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl peɪn əv ɡlɑːs/ - phr.

1 [colloq.] One pane of glass over eleven dashboards — the same view, now load-bearing and impossible to close.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A unified interface that consolidates metrics from many systems into one consistent view.

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See also

dashboardA wall of charts no one is assigned to act on.
report sprawlForty dashboards answering one question, each slightly, confidently wrong.
single source of truthTerm struck pending the definitions of ownership, metric, and certification it depends on; without them the source is single but the truth is plural.