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by still 4974 days ago
Absolutely agree. Doughnut charts add nothing but a distraction layer.

I would even go further to say that majority of this dashboard is meaningless, just noise. What it lacks is the Why's.. For instance, "Total Page Views" has dropped by 35% in comparison to the previous 4 weeks... why?

The doughnut chart can be reduced to a series of bullet points with a comparative sparkline to identify the main points of change.

/rant