KX Dashboards

KX Dashboards is an interactive data visualization tool that enables non-technical and power users to query, transform, share and present live data insights.

Rich visualizations of both static and real-time streaming data can be built using drag-and-drop and point-and-click operations in an easy to use editor.

Powered by modern web technologies, KX Dashboards can be used in all major browsers across mobile and desktop environments.

KX Dashboards and kdb+ / KDB-X

KX Dashboards is built from the ground up for kdb+ and KDB-X. Unlike general-purpose BI tools that treat kdb+ as just another database connection, KX Dashboards understands kdb+ natively — its data types, its query language, and its real-time streaming architecture. The result is a visualization platform that works with kdb+ the way it was designed to work, without translation layers, polling overhead, or data format conversions getting in the way.

Why it matters

Most BI tools are built around a generic SQL abstraction. To connect them to kdb+, data must be serialized to JSON, passed through a REST layer, and converted into a format the tool understands. Every hop adds latency, every conversion adds CPU cost, and every abstraction layer limits what you can express in a query.

KX Dashboards removes these layers entirely.

Refer to Why KX Dashboards for a clearer picture of its advantages.

Start Here

Begin your journey with KX Dashboards.

Next, install and run KX Dashboards, or review all deployment methods.

The Basics

Explore the core concepts of KX Dashboards.

• Workspace: The primary editing environment.

• Components: Reusable building blocks.

• Data Sources: Connections that retrieve data.

• View States: Shared storage for values.

• Actions: Defined triggers and handlers.

• Templates: Modify how data is displayed.

• Highlight Rules: Dynamically flag value changes.

• Publishing: Publish dashboards.

Video Tutorials

Discover how to build dashboards, connect to data, and visualize insights using forms, grids, real-time streams, and charts, by watching these video tutorials.

• Introduction to Dashboards Layout

• How to interact with data using a Data Form and a Data Grid

• How to create a connection to a kdb session

• How to stream real-time data

• How to use Query Builder to interact with data

• How to configure a Data Grid

• How to work with Pivot Data

• How to visualize your data with a canvas chart

Latest News and Releases

• See the release notes for the latest KX Dashboards release.