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Dashboard Development Services Australia
for Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane businesses.

Dashboard development services in Australia for businesses whose data lives in Xero, a CRM, project tools and spreadsheets. Pulling it all together manually means the numbers are stale before you have finished. Our custom dashboard development services build live dashboards that connect to your systems and show you what is happening right now.

Perth-based. Australia-wide. Fixed-price quotes after discovery. Connected to your existing tools, not competing with them.

  • AU-wide Perth-based · servicing Australia
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Fixed Price scopes, no surprises
  • Connected To your existing tools
How it runs

Dashboard development services in Australia, start to finish

Three stages, no surprises. Your live source systems stay untouched until cutover, and every build is delivered personally by the founder.

  1. Week 0

    Reporting Audit

    15-minute scoping call. We map the decisions you need to make, the data sources behind them, and the manual reports they replace. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.

  2. Weeks 1–N

    Build & Parallel-Run

    Dashboards built in a sandbox and parallel-run against your existing reports. Every KPI, filter and drill-down validated against source data before production. Numbers must match exactly.

  3. Cutover

    Go-Live & Handover

    Production cutover on a planned window — typically a weekend. Team training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Documentation and source code handed over in full.

Founder profile

Kasun Wijayamanna

Founder · Perth, WA · Started HELLO PEOPLE in 2008

18+ Years running HELLO PEOPLE

Founded in 2008. Two decades of technology-driven business transformation across Australia.

100+ Projects delivered

Startups to government agencies across mining, healthcare, legal, education and more.

HDR Researcher · Curtin University

Postgraduate research in Artificial Intelligence and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

MBA Oil & Gas

Deep technical expertise combined with strong business and financial acumen.

Perth Based in WA

Serving businesses across Western Australia and nationally.

AU+TH International experience

Professional background in Bangkok, Thailand before migrating to Perth.

PHF Paul Harris Fellow · Rotary

Former President of Rotary Club of Booragoon. Over a decade of community service.

Read the full bio — research, career, community involvement and how HELLO PEOPLE runs projects.

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What We Build

Inside your new business dashboard

Our dashboard development services in Australia cover the whole reporting stack: executive views, operational dashboards, financial reporting, sales pipeline tracking and scheduled custom reports. Each module surfaces a different layer of what is happening in your business right now.

Live executive dashboards with cross-business visibility

Revenue, profit, cash flow, pipeline, project status, and operational KPIs, all pulled from your existing systems and displayed in a single dashboard. Updated automatically, not compiled manually at the end of the month.

Drill-down capability lets leadership click from summary numbers into the detail behind them. Revenue by customer, profitability by project, sales by rep, overdue invoices by age. Any dimension your business tracks.

AI solutions

Operational dashboards for real-time visibility

Job progress, task status, resource allocation, inventory levels, SLA compliance. Operational dashboards show what is happening right now, not what happened last week.

Built for operations managers who need to see the current state of the business at a glance. Which jobs are on track? Which are overdue? Where are the bottlenecks? What requires immediate attention?

Workflow automation software

Automated financial reports from Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks

Monthly financial reports that build themselves. Revenue vs budget, cost tracking, cash flow forecasting, receivables aging, and profitability analysis, all pulled directly from your accounting software via API.

Scheduled report delivery to the right people at the right frequency. Weekly cash flow updates. Monthly P&L comparisons. Quarterly board packs. All generated automatically with current data.

Xero integration

Sales pipeline and conversion reporting

Pipeline value by stage, conversion rates by source, rep performance, forecast accuracy, and deal velocity. The metrics your sales leadership needs to manage the pipeline, not just observe it.

Connected to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or Pipedrive. Data flows from your CRM into the dashboard automatically. No more exporting reports from the CRM and rebuilding them in Excel.

Internal business systems

Custom reports with scheduled delivery and export

Standard reports that your team runs regularly, built once, then automated. Scheduled to run daily, weekly, or monthly and delivered by email, Slack, or saved to a shared drive.

Configurable filters let users adjust reports on the fly: date range, department, region, customer, product. Export to PDF, Excel, or CSV for people who still need their data in a spreadsheet.

Web app development
Executive dashboard showing cross-business performance metrics
Operations dashboard with real-time job status and resource tracking
Automated financial reporting dashboard connected to accounting software
Sales pipeline dashboard with conversion metrics and forecasting
Custom report builder with filter options and scheduled delivery
Capabilities catalogue

Dashboard & reporting services we deliver

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian business — from a single Power BI report to a full cross-system data warehouse with custom web dashboards. If your scenario is not listed, ask — we build bespoke.

Power BI dashboards

  • Power BI implementation and report design
  • Power BI dataset modelling, DAX measures and KPI hierarchies
  • Power BI Embedded inside custom web applications
  • Power BI gateway setup for on-premise data sources
  • Row-level security (RLS) for role-based dashboards
  • Power BI Premium / Fabric workspace configuration
  • Power BI + Xero / MYOB / Dynamics live connections

Looker Studio / Google Data Studio dashboards

  • Looker Studio (Google Data Studio) dashboard design
  • GA4 + Google Ads + Search Console marketing dashboards
  • Looker Studio + BigQuery custom data models
  • Google Sheets-backed dashboards with auto-refresh
  • White-labelled Looker Studio reports for client delivery
  • Multi-data-source blended reports (Sheets, SQL, APIs)
  • Looker Studio Pro and team workspace setup

Custom bespoke dashboards (web app)

  • Bespoke React + D3 / Recharts dashboard applications
  • Real-time WebSocket-driven KPI dashboards
  • Branded white-label dashboards inside customer portals
  • Custom drill-down, filter and export functionality
  • Self-service dashboard builder for end users
  • PDF / Excel scheduled export and email delivery
  • Mobile-first executive dashboards (phone-friendly)

Cross-system reporting (accounting + ops + CRM)

  • Unified reporting across Xero / MYOB + CRM + ops tools
  • Single source of truth for revenue, pipeline and delivery
  • Job-profitability dashboards (jobs + accounting + payroll)
  • Customer lifetime value across CRM + accounting
  • Inventory + sales + finance consolidated dashboards
  • Multi-entity / multi-company consolidated reporting
  • Data warehouse design (BigQuery / Snowflake / Postgres)

Real-time operational dashboards

  • Live job-board and dispatch dashboards
  • SLA / turnaround-time tracking and alerting
  • Production line / shop-floor real-time dashboards
  • Call-centre / support queue live dashboards
  • IoT sensor and telemetry visualisation
  • On-screen TV / wallboard dashboards for office display
  • Anomaly detection and threshold-based alert delivery

Executive / management report packs

  • Monthly board pack automation (PDF / PPT)
  • Investor and shareholder report packs
  • CEO / MD daily-summary email reports
  • Department-head scorecard delivery
  • Cash flow forecast and 13-week rolling forecast packs
  • KPI scorecards with target / variance commentary
  • Compliance and statutory reporting automation
Pricing

How we price dashboard development services in Australia

Every project is different, but here is a realistic starting point based on what we have shipped for Australian businesses at each scale.

Focused Dashboard

One or two data sources. A single dashboard with core KPIs, drill-downs, and scheduled report delivery. Ideal for businesses starting with financial or operational visibility.

Multi-Source Platform

Three to five data sources connected. Multiple dashboards for different departments or roles, automated alerts, and self-service filtering. Suits mid-size businesses with cross-functional reporting needs.

Enterprise Reporting

Complex data architecture across many systems. Custom data models, role-based dashboards, board reporting, API integrations, and ongoing iteration. For businesses that need a full reporting layer across the organisation.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

Dashboard software
HELLO PEOPLE vs the alternatives

Custom software is a big call. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares to the three other realistic paths.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE Off-the-shelf SaaSOffshore developerIn-house build
Fit to your data sources Built to your stack, not a template 80% fit, work around the 20%Depends on the developerYou control it fully
Dashboard live in 6-10 weeks Live in 6 to 10 weeks Immediate, limited fitWeeks to months, drift common6 to 12 months to production
AU BAS + operational reporting fit BAS + AU ops metrics baked in SometimesRarelyDepends on the hire
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per seat, per month, foreverHourly + scope creepSalary + super + overhead
When your data sources change We rewire the feed, no drama Wait for a new connectorWait for a dev to look at itInternal team fixes it
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun Support ticket queueTime-zone gapInternal team
Dashboard code + dataset ownership You own it, nothing sits with us Vendor holds itOften disputed at handoverYou own it
Restaurant group multi-venue dashboard
Case Study

Multi-venue dashboard giving real-time visibility across 4 restaurants

We built a unified operational dashboard pulling live data from POS, rostering and accounting across four venues. Replaced weekly manual reporting with real-time insights.

Read the full case study
4 Venues connected
70% Less reporting time
Live Real-time data

We used to spend two days every month compiling board reports from Xero and our CRM. HELLO PEOPLE built a dashboard that does it automatically. The board now gets live numbers, and the finance team got two days of their life back.

CFO Brisbane professional services firm · 40+ staff
Business Outcomes

What changes when your data is always visible

Custom dashboard development services are not really about charts and graphs. They are about these practical shifts in how quickly you spot issues, make calls and coach the team.

Real-time business dashboard showing current performance metrics

See business performance as it happens, not last month

Manual reporting is always backward-looking. By the time the spreadsheet is compiled and the presentation is built, the numbers are stale. Live dashboards show you what is happening right now.

Decisions based on today's numbers are better than decisions based on numbers that are two weeks old.

Automated report generation replacing manual spreadsheet compilation

Stop spending days compiling the monthly report

Pulling data from Xero, combining it with CRM numbers, formatting a spreadsheet, building charts, and emailing the result to five people. That process disappears. Dashboards do it automatically.

The hours your team spends each month on report compilation become hours spent on analysis and action.

Unified reporting dashboard as single source of business truth

One place for all your numbers, no more conflicting reports

When different departments pull their own numbers from different systems at different times, the reports never match. The dashboard becomes the single source of truth.

Everyone looks at the same data, pulled from the same sources, updated at the same time. No more "my spreadsheet says something different" conversations.

Alert dashboard showing early warning indicators and thresholds

Spot problems before they become expensive

Automated alerts when metrics cross thresholds: cash flow dropping, overdue invoices climbing, SLA breaches trending up, project margins shrinking. You find out early, not at the end of the quarter.

Exception reporting highlights the numbers that need attention, so leadership is not scrolling through pages of data to find the one thing that matters.

Business leadership using dashboard data for strategic decisions

Make decisions with data, not gut feel

When the numbers are easy to access, people use them. When they require an hour of spreadsheet work, people make gut calls. Dashboards lower the barrier to data-driven decisions across the business.

Historical trends, comparative views, and what-if scenarios give leadership the context to make informed choices.

How We Deliver

Six steps we follow on every dashboard build

We start with the decisions you need to make each week, then work backward through the KPIs, data sources and architecture to build the dashboards that answer them.

Reporting Discovery

We identify what you need to see, where the data currently lives, and how it gets compiled today. You end up with a data map and a list of the dashboards and reports that will deliver the most value.

Data Architecture

We design how data flows from your source systems (Xero, CRM, operations tools) into the reporting layer. API connections, data transformation, refresh schedules, and storage architecture.

Dashboard Design

We design the dashboard layout and visual hierarchy. KPIs at the top, drill-downs below, filters on the side. You see mockups and agree the design before we connect real data.

Build & Connect

We connect to your source systems, build the data pipeline, and construct the dashboards. You see working dashboards with real data early in the build process and provide feedback.

Testing & Validation

We validate every number against your source systems. If the dashboard says revenue is $1.2M, we verify that against Xero. Data integrity is not negotiable. The numbers must be right.

Launch & Iterate

We deploy the dashboards, train your team, and set up scheduled reports. After launch, we iterate: add new data sources, refine views, and build additional reports as your reporting needs evolve.

FAQs

Common questions about dashboard and reporting software

How much do dashboard development services in Australia cost?

It depends on the number of data sources, how complex the model is, and how many dashboards you actually need. Start with a free 15-minute call. We run a paid discovery, then give you a fixed price for the whole build. No hourly billing.

How long do custom dashboard development services usually take?

About 6 to 10 weeks for a focused dashboard pulling from two or three data sources. A cross-system reporting platform with custom data models, automated reports and alerts runs 10 to 16 weeks. You see working dashboards with real numbers early in the build, not at the end.

Can you connect to Xero, MYOB or our CRM?

Yes. Connecting to what you already use is the whole point. We pull data from Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, simPRO, ServiceM8 and any other platform with an API. We also connect to SQL databases, spreadsheets and internal tools.

Do you build Power BI dashboards or custom dashboards?

Both. If you are already on the Microsoft stack and Power BI covers it, we build there. If you need something embedded in a portal, tied to operational tools, or with logic Power BI cannot handle, we build a custom web dashboard.

How do you make sure the numbers are accurate?

Every number is validated against the source system during testing. If the dashboard says revenue is $1.2M, we prove it matches Xero exactly. Data integrity checks run automatically and alert us if anything drifts out of sync.

Can we add more data sources later?

Yes. Most clients start with the highest-priority sources and add more over time. The architecture is built to accept new feeds, so plugging a CRM into an existing financial dashboard, for example, is a small add-on rather than a rebuild.

Can non-technical staff actually use the dashboards?

Yes. Every dashboard we build is designed for business users, not analysts. Click-and-filter interaction, clear layouts, plain-English labels. No SQL, no query builders, no training week.

What support do we get after launch?

Thirty days of post-launch support is included. After that most clients stay on a small monthly plan for new data sources, extra reports, layout tweaks and alert changes. Dashboards evolve as you discover new questions the data can answer.

Talk to us about dashboard development services in Australia

Tell us what data you need to see and where it lives today (Xero, MYOB, CRM, spreadsheets, anywhere). We will come back with a plain-English plan covering data sources, dashboard layout and a real number. No jargon, no pressure.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.