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title: "Building and Viewing Project-Specific Analytics Dashboards in Ontraccr"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/building-and-viewing-project-specific-analytics-dashboards-in-ontraccr"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-06-06T23:15:39.063Z"
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# Building and Viewing Project-Specific Analytics Dashboards in Ontraccr

## 📈 **Building and Viewing Project-Specific Analytics Dashboards in Ontraccr Overview**  
 

Want real-time insights into hours worked, costs incurred, or project performance?

In Ontraccr, every project can have its own **custom analytics dashboard** — helping you **track important KPIs** without leaving the project profile.

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## 🎯 **Why Use Project Analytics Dashboards?**

-   Monitor **time tracking**, **cost tracking**, and **billing** at a project level.
-   Build **visual reports** that update automatically.
-   Share key project insights with PMs, Executives, and Clients.

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## 🛠️ **How to Build an Analytics Dashboard for a Project**

Inside the **Analytics** tab of a project:

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### 📄 **Step 1: Add or Edit a Dashboard**

-   Click **Edit Dashboard** (pencil icon) to edit current dashboard.
-   Choose to **create a new dashboard** by clicking on the dashboard dropdown then clicking **New Dashboard +**

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### ➕ **Step 2: Add a Widget (Report)**

-   Click **Add Widget**.
-   Choose from available **existing reports**, or **build a new one**:
    -   Time Tracking reports
    -   Board Card reports
    -   Form-based reports
-   Click **Submit** to add the widget to your dashboard.

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### 🧩 **Step 3: Build a New Report (Optional)**

To create a new report from scratch:

1.  Click the **Reports button at the top right**.
2.  Fill in:
    -   **Title** (e.g., "Labor Hours - Project X")
    -   **Source Type**:
        -   Time Cards
        -   Boards
        -   Forms
3.  Set Filters:
    -   Select date ranges (e.g., last 30 days).
    -   Select specific boards or forms (if relevant).
4.  Choose Metrics:
    -   Sum, Average, Group By User/Type, etc.

✅ Hit **Save** when done — it will be available for adding to your dashboard.

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## 🧠 **Tips for Building Great Project Dashboards**

**Keep it Focused**:

Add only the 4–6 most critical reports for quick daily checks.

**Use Date Filters**:

Set smart ranges like “Last 30 Days” to keep data fresh automatically.

**Group by User**:

See which team members are contributing the most time or costs.

**Create Templates**:

Once you build a killer dashboard, it automatically becomes available across **all projects** — no need to rebuild it every time!

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## 🔍 **Viewing Project Analytics**

-   Open any project.
-   Go to the **Analytics** tab.
-   View all your widgets and dashboards in one place.
-   Click into specific widgets to drill down deeper into the data.

✅ All data is **specific to this project** only!

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## 🧠 **Edge Cases and Notes**

-   **You can’t delete pre-built reports from here** — manage reports centrally if needed.
-   **Analytics tabs respect project types** — if a tab is hidden for a project type, you won’t see analytics for that project.
-   **Data updates automatically** — no manual refresh needed.

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## ✅ **Example Scenario**

For a 6-month industrial build project, you:

-   Add a report showing **total labor hours per week**.
-   Add another showing **total project costs vs. budget**.
-   Add a work order tracking report from your custom board.

Your PMs can monitor trends daily without leaving the project view!

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## 🚀 **Summary**

Project-specific analytics dashboards in Ontraccr make it easy to **turn data into action** — empowering teams to make smart, real-time decisions without complicated reporting setups.