Building a Real-Time User Analytics Dashboard with Chart.js: Track Active & Inactive Users Dynamically

User Analytics Dashboard

Features

This User Analytics Dashboard is a real-time, interactive web application designed to track and visualize active, inactive, and total users with dynamic data updates.

Key Features:

• Real-Time Data: The dashboard dynamically updates user data every 30 seconds.
• User Analytics: Displays statistics on active users, inactive users, and the total number of users.
• Interactive Charts: Visual representation of user data over time using interactive line charts powered by Chart.js.
• Refreshing Countdown: Includes a countdown timer to indicate the next data refresh cycle.
• Modern UI: Stylish and user-friendly design with smooth animations, hover effects, and modern color schemes.

Technologies Used:

• HTML5: For structuring the webpage.
• CSS3: For styling and layout, including flexbox and box-shadow effects.
• JavaScript: For real-time data manipulation, Chart.js for chart rendering, and dynamic updates.
• Chart.js: For interactive and visually appealing line charts.
• Material Icons: Used for interactive elements like refresh button.

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Roadmap

Current Features:

• Dynamic user data update every 30 seconds.
• Real-time line charts displaying active, inactive, and total users.
• Visual countdown timer before data refresh.
• Data statistics with styled counts in the UI.
• Fully responsive layout for different screen sizes.

Upcoming Features:

• User Data Source Integration: Integrate with a real backend (e.g., REST API) to fetch real user data instead of static numbers.
• User Role Tracking: Add user roles (e.g., Admin, Member, Guest) to display different statistics.
• Notifications: Real-time notifications for critical data changes, like a spike in inactive users.
• Customizable Dashboard: Allow users to customize which metrics they want to see and how the data is visualized.

Possible Future Enhancements:

• Export Data: Add the ability to export user data in CSV/JSON format.
• Authentication: Implement user login/logout with role-based access control for enhanced security.
• Graph Customization: Allow users to customize the type of graph (e.g., bar, pie, area chart) for user data visualization.

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Installation

To get started, simply clone this repository and open the index.html file in your browser:

git clone https://github.com/BOSS294/User-Analytics-Dashboard.git
cd User-Analytics-Dashboard
open index.html

No additional setup is needed as it is a static web application with Chart.js.

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Made with 💖 by Mayank Chawdhari