. 
Most Insight Panels are designed to provide helpful default settings right "out of the box". The real strength of them comes from their pre-built but customizable attributes that allow you to adjust what you would like to see to quickly create a specific view instead of just canned overviews.
Insight panels are also incredibly social! You can share almost any view you create with colleagues and clients.
| Note |
|---|
You cannot share your "default" view or your "mobile" view. These are viewable only by you. |
Customizing Your Default View
Nearly every panel can be customized in a number of ways to allow you to view different slices of your business. When you first log into Avantalytics, you will see the below screen, which tells you that you need to set up your default view and how to set the view up.
Avantalytics landing screen pictured below. The landing page is where to get the latest updates and training videos from Avantalytics, so make sure to always check out what's new.
When you set up your default view, that will be the view that automatically loads every time you log into Avantalytics. Your default view should be made up of multiple Insight Panels containing the information you are most commonly seeking.
To get started creating your default view, locate and hover over the "SELECT VIEW≡" icon in the drop down menu in the upper right-hand corner of your screen, and select "CREATE NEWdefault:"
Your first view you create will automatically be named "default" and this cannot be changed. Areas where you can drop your insight panels will be highlighted in blue You will start out with a blank screen, as seen below:
Begin building your view by selecting some Insight Panels from the expandable menu labeled "INSIGHT PANELS+" icon located in the menu bar, again in the left column of the web page. It's best to start simply by dragging and dropping different Insight Panels onto your view and adjusting the settings within the panels until you find a combination you like. You can do this by simply clicking and holding the title of the Insight Panel you like, and dragging it over to the blue outlines. Once you've played around and have found some panels you like, you'll want to customize the settings to your preferences. upper right hand side of the screen.
When you click on the icon, a pop-up appears, with an accordion menu of insight panel options.
Expanding and collapsing the categories shows you the different insight panels available for each category. Clicking on an insight panel name brings up a preview of the panel and a short description, giving you an idea of what sort of information you can display on your view. You can add the panel to your view by either double clicking on the insight panel name in the accordion menu, or by clicking the "Add Insight" button.
To bring up the settings on an Insight Panel, simply click on the gear icon, located on the top right of every panel. Below is the "Sales Heat Map" Insight Panel, demonstrating some typical ways you can customize your panel view.
As you can see, it's possible to change a range of variables, such as retailer, sales metric, time period. These metrics, along with several optional features, allow you to create a truly specialized view for your business.
| Tip |
|---|
If you mess your settings up, it's easy to fix! You can always drag a new insight panel onto your view and start over. |
Once you've customized your settings, click the "SAVESave" button on the bottom right. The settings menu will disappear and your panel will update. Once you are satisfied with the Insight Panels insight panels you have put together for your view - click the "SAVE VIEW,
" icon located in the upper right of the panel . This will now be the view that automatically loads every time you log into Avantalytics.
to save your view.
| Tip |
|---|
If you want to have your default view load first, rather than the Avantalytics news landing page, you can change this in your user settings. Access the gear in the upper right hand side of the screen:
Once in your user settings, scroll down until you see these settings, and make sure the box is checked as it is in the below image:
|
Interacting with Insight Panels
So, now that you know how to customize and arrange views to start showing the health of your business, it's time to see how to use the panels to better explore what the causes of the strength or weakness in your business might be!
Nearly every Insight Panel has "Hyperlink Blue" text. This text indicates links which allow you to run context-sensitive reporting right from the panels.
On Insight Panel maps, you can click on the zoom in/out function on the top left corner, click on the states (or markets) and view state-level, market-level and even store-level detail.
The point of the insight panels becomes clear when you realize you can create custom views into you business. You can then explore the data more deeply by clicking on the panels to access reporting.
The beauty of this is that your report will reflect all the parameters you selected when you created the settings for your Insight Panel. Because of this, you can intuitively explore your sales without having to spend any time creating the report parameters in the reporting library.