Best Way to Structure a Custom Dashboard in Adalo?

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Hi all,

I’m relatively new to Adalo and have been playing around with building a more customized dashboard for my app. My app includes user-based stats, charts, and some conditional elements (things like alerts or tips based on user behavior). I can place the basic UI, but I’m trying to figure out what structure my database collections and their respective relationships should be to make everything easy and dynamic.

Things I want to unpackage:

  • What is the best way to link user data to multiple components without impacting performance?
  • Is it better to have a single dashboard screen with conditional visibility, or separate screens per user type?
  • How do I bring in filtered data (like weekly stats etc.) without causing significant lag time between moments?

I came acrosss this website:https://forum.adalo.com/t/launched-my-app-partly-built-with-adalo/what-are-deep-learning-models
I’m sure there are best practices or examples out there. I’ve been combing through the docs and watching a few tutorials, but there’s nothing better than advice from actual users. Thanks in advance, and I look forward to learning from this community!

Cheers,
henry

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  1. Master Home Screen with Conditional Groups

Structure your dashboard as a central screen with multiple visibility-based groups or cards. each group shows different data depending on the user role or app status (Admin, Client, Vendor, etc.). This keeps it dynamic.

For Example in logistic app we built:

  • Upcoming deliveries to drivers
  • Revenue summaries for admins
  • Task assignments to warehouse staff
  1. Drive Layouts Collections (should)

Make sure your dashboard layout reflects how your collections are structured. group your data in a way that’s logical and easy to query, do not overload one collection. For KPIs & summaries, consider creating a separate collection for dashboard data that’s calculated via automation (e.g, Integromat/Make or Xano)

  1. Visual Hierarchy
  • icons + dynamic numbers for KPIs (e.g. Total Orders :package:402)
  • toggle lists or tabs for switching views
  • Prioritize content with font size, spacing & color (neutral tones with 1–2 highlight colors max)
  1. Keep It Modular & Reusable
  • Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Recent activity