--- title: Schrödinger’s dashboard — Are they dead or are they not? description: Dashboards are frequently declared dead in favor of AI-powered self-serve analytics, but the reality is more nuanced. Good dashboards are accurate, timely, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/schr-dinger-s-dashboard-are-they-dead-or-are-they-not--v40l3irlc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Schrödinger’s dashboard — Are they dead or are they not? | daily.dev og:description: Dashboards are frequently declared dead in favor of AI-powered self-serve analytics, but the reality is more nuanced. Good dashboards are accurate, timely, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/schr-dinger-s-dashboard-are-they-dead-or-are-they-not--v40l3irlc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v40L3IrLC.png og:image:alt: Schrödinger’s dashboard — Are they dead or are they not? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Schrödinger’s dashboard — Are they dead or are they not? **[Infostrux](https://daily.dev/sources/infostrux)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dashboards are frequently declared dead in favor of AI-powered self-serve analytics, but the reality is more nuanced. Good dashboards are accurate, timely, and relevant — qualities that agentic analytics can match or exceed in some areas (relevance, timeliness) but struggle with in others (accuracy, alignment with company doctrine). The real problem was never dashboards themselves but their misuse as a catch-all tool for every analytics need. Ad-hoc and single-use dashboards will be replaced by self-serve agentic tools, while strategic dashboards reflecting core business priorities will remain. Data quality, governance, and LLMOps will become increasingly critical as more stakeholders gain direct access to data insights. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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