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V Skill HF-D7.2-005 cross-sector 11 skills

Reporting and dashboard building

Builds recurring reports and dashboards that show the right indicators for an agreed audience and keeps their definitions up to date.

How hrmforce measures this

Assessment method
Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
hrmforce instrument
Work sample test, Portfolio
Competency (50-framework)
Progress monitoring
Trainability
high
Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
rising

The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.

Behavioural anchors

LevelBehaviour at this level
N1 Guided Fills an existing dashboard or report template with current figures and checks the display for errors.
works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient Designs a dashboard together with the user, chooses indicators and definitions and processes user feedback into new versions.
sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading Determines which management information the organisation uses and keeps definitions unambiguous across all reporting.
sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

Underlying skills

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

TSkillDefinitionDemand outlook 2026 to 2030
T Power BI
Power BI
Builds Power BI reports with a data model, measures, filters and publication to a workspace. rising
T Tableau
Tableau
Builds worksheets and dashboards in Tableau with calculated fields, filters and publication to a server. stable
T Looker Studio
Looker Studio
Builds Looker Studio reports based on connected sources and shares them with a defined group. stable
T Qlik Sense
Qlik Sense
Builds apps and visualisations in Qlik Sense with an associative data model and selections across sheets. stable
V Dashboard design
Dashboard design
Designs dashboard layout around the user decision and deliberately limits the number of visuals. rising
V Defining a KPI
KPI definition
Records numerator, denominator, measurement moment, source and owner of a performance indicator unambiguously. rising
V Managing report definitions
Metric definitions
Maintains a central list of indicator definitions, versions and changes so figures stay comparable. rising
V Building a reporting data model
Reporting data model
Connects tables in a reporting model with relationships, hierarchies and a date table for time comparisons. rising
V Automating a report
Report automation
Sets up automatic refresh, distribution and failure alerts so a report stays current without manual work. rising
V Improving report performance
Report performance
Speeds up a slow report by adjusting model, measures, filters and data volume in a targeted way. rising
V Matching audience and report format
Audience analysis
Matches content, level of detail and format of a report to the decision and level of the recipient. stable
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