As mentioned a few weeks ago in the “Free My Data” blost post, the BrightGauge team has been working on a new feature called the Custom Gauge Builder (internally known as project: “Data Liberation”). Though the name paints a good picture of the functionality, I want to provide more perspective on how this feature came into play and what our MSP partners can expect.
Gauges, as they mean to us, are visualizations of data that can be added to reports (and those reports can be scheduled out on a predetermined schedule). You can also think of gauges as as charts, widgets, gadgets, etc. Every week we develop and release new gauges based on MSP feedback and therefore as every week goes by more and more gauges are available in BrightGauge to be used in reports. With this approach, creating and scheduling reports is extremely easy, fast, and simple.
MSPs, big and small, at times have unique data they want visualized in unique ways for their clients and therefore we have wanted to give the power of “gauge building” to our MSP partners but in a way that’s as easy as the reporting process. So this past January we set forth to create the simplest and most intuitive Custom Gauge Builder that can build gauges from any dataset from any data source we currently integrate with (SQL, mySQL, APIs).
What can our partners expect with this feature?
To make this process easy, fast, and simple is a heck of a challenge and we’ve been spending loads of time on the front end designing the process. We have met with our sister company Compuquip Technologies and discussed with our Advisory Council to discuss our thoughts and review preliminary designs. Fortunately both discussions led to a collective response of “YES! This is awesome. Get going on it”
With the flow and designs behind us we are rocking and rolling now in development and in upcoming posts I will share some screenshots with you all. We’re targeting early June release right now.