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Abstract:- Digitalizing the information system into a area requires changes and when will be the appropriate time to
dashboard mechanism makes it easy for executives to implement the desired changes. Farmers with little knowledge
interpret data processed by professionals in different field in Information technology and can make use of a computer or
even with little knowledge on the technicalities in the a smart phone can use a professional dashboard with ease.
background. Farmers with little knowledge in This is because; the information displayed will be simplified
Information technology, business management, with graphics and explained in a layman language.
accounting principles and can make use of a computer or
a smart phone can use a professional dashboard with ease Dashboards have become a standard business tool over
to make informed decisions. This research uses a the last decade. Dozens of dashboard building solutions have
explanatory cross-sectional design. Context diagram, use sprung up to meet the demand. Yet in the flurry of technology
case diagrams and data flow diagrams are designed to and enthusiasm, little attention has been paid to how to design
show clarity on the study content. The study analyses two focused, thoughtful, and user-friendly dashboards
research Hypotheses; (1) There is no statistically (Gemignani, 2009). The idea of developing dashboard is been
significant relationship between dashboard acceptability borne in the mind of different persons. Different kind of
and age of farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. (2) There is dashboard has been developed to suite different business
no statistically significant relationship between dashboard conditions and different departmental activities. The nature of
acceptability and educational level of farmers in Bayelsa dashboard developed over the years have been improved over
State, Nigeria. The total population of this study is 150 time due to different short. Traditional dashboard design
farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This research uses focuses almost exclusively on defining the right success
SPSS as its statistical tool for analyses. Hypotheses are metrics, then piecing together a bunch of charts and gauges on
tested with spearman correlation. The key findings of this a single page. These techniques yield dashboards with a
research shows that farmers would be willing to make use hodgepodge appearance and confusing information
of a business information dashboard to enable them have (Gemignani, 2009). The dashboards produced were less user
access to professional insight to their business and friendly and still had lots of complexity that would be difficult
increase profitability. Among the recommendations of to interpreted by a lay man. (Gemignani, 2009). Dashboards
this study are (1) Dashboard service providers should be as a concept are not new, but with new technologies and
willing to train farmers on the use of the system and (2) maturing user demands, the scope of dashboards has widened
They should provide accounting analytics that would ease from just a static state of information to a highly interactive
complexities. and dynamic source of both strategic and operational
information that is fully integrated as a BI solution. It covers
Keywords:- Business Intelligence Dashboard, Accounting all aspects of BI from summarized views to the ability to dig
Analytics, Improved Performance. into details for root cause analysis, thereby helping
organizations improve their performance and ensuring that the
I. INTRODUCTION right people are making the right decisions at the right time.
Different users have a different perspective of what a
The basic role of a digital dashboard is to track the flows dashboard means, or how it should be designed, and how it
inherent in the business processes that they monitor. should function. This varies not only with the collection of
Graphically, users may see the high-level processes and graphic types but also the aesthetics of layout, color, size and
then drill down into low level data. This level of detail is often shape. Some users would look at dashboards just as collection
buried deep within the corporate enterprise and otherwise of key business metrics, and some can say that it is a complete
unavailable to the senior executives (Wikipedia, 2012). reporting solution or a BI application. It can be difficult to
Digitalizing the information system into a dashboard decipher the differences between dashboards and get a proper
mechanism makes it easy for executives to interpret data understanding of which solution best fits the needs of the
processed by professionals in different field even with little organization (Chitale, 2012).
knowledge on the technicalities in the background. With the
use of graphs and other metrics information are better Modern dashboards tends to follow organizational
interpreted so people can easily make preference, make preferences to develop personalized systems that will give
choices, identify what is making progress or what is proper KPIs that would be more standardized, present clear
retrogressing and decide what changes need to be made, what and rich visual interface, use integration mechanism to
The process of making the dashboard ready for view takes time after an order has been placed. All necessary documents and
information would be presented by the client and then collated and integrated into a p1ersonalized dashboard for the user.
THE TABLE BELOW DESCRIBES THE RESPONDS GOTTEN FROM THE POPULATION OF THIS STUDY. USING THE MEAN SCORE AND
STANDARD DEVIATION.
TABLE 1: LIKERT SCALE ANALYSIS
From the table above, the mean score shows that majority of the respondents agree to the statement presented in each of the
research item.
34% of the respondents are above the age of 150, 30% of the respondents are between the ages of 26 – 35 years, 20% of the
respondents are between the ages of 36 – 150 years and the remaining 8% of the respondents are between the ages of 18 – 25
years.
The highest percentage o respondents in this study earns an annually income to falls within the range of 1 million to 2.5
million naira. It was also gathered that 16% of the respondents earns an average annual income above 5 million naira.
The table above shows that 20 of the respondents are school certificate holders. Followed by bachelors, with a total of 19
persons, and ordinary national diploma holders. Only one respondent has a postgraduate degree.
The result of the spearman rank correlation in the tables above shows that there is a strong positive statistically significant
relationship between dashboard acceptability and the age of respondents, r = 0.622, n = 150, p < 0.01. The null hypothesis is rejected.
The alternative hypothesis that there is a significant relationship between dashboard acceptability and age of respondents is accepted.
The result of the spearman rank correlation in the tables the questionnaire. The minimum computed mean is 2.74 and
above shows that there is a strong positive statistically it is above 2.150. Though, From the analyses it can be
significant relationship between dashboard acceptability and deduced that several factors can influence the use of
the education level of respondents, r = 0.546, n = 150, p < dashboards by farmers. Among the factors are; level of
0.01. The null hypothesis is rejected. The alternative education, age, and income. These stated factors have shown
hypothesis that there is a significant relationship between to significantly affect the responds of farmers to the use of a
dashboard acceptability and the education level of business dashboard. Farmers with low educational
respondents is accepted background seem not to see the need to rely on a computer
system for guidance. It was also observed that persons within
V. CONCLUSION the age bracket of 18 – 25 seem to be very interested in an
information system that can help simplify activities in their
This research work is focused on viewing the operations. Reasons could be that they are already familiar
relationship between dashboard acceptability for farmers in with the use of devices and various applications than those
Bayelsa State, Nigeria. It is important to note that the within the age bracket of 150 years and above. Persons with a
descriptive statistics analysed in this study shows that on an lower income are also less likely to desire to subscribe to a
average respondents responded positive to the questions third party application than persons with a higher income.
asked which indicates that they agree to all the items stated in This study is aimed at developing an interactive interface for