Data template

KPI Dashboard

Target against actual with on/off-target status, direction-aware so lower can be better.

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23: live formulas, each one recalculated and checked
8: columns: KPI, Owner, Better, Target, Actual, Variance, % of target, Status
5: figures worked out for you

A manager reporting monthly numbers · Any organisation with a monthly management meeting — usually looking for this when a report is due and the numbers are in six places.

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Works in Excel 2013 and later, Microsoft 365, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc. Set up to print on one page wide. Version 1, updated 25 September 2026.

There are free templates. Why this one?

There are, and some are fine. The difference is what has been checked. This file was built from scratch, then every formula in it was recalculated by a separate checker that compares each result against an independently worked-out answer — 23 of them here. A template that looks right and totals wrong is worse than no template at all, and that is the usual failing of one downloaded from a search result.

It also opens with sample rows already filled in, so you can see every formula working before you touch it, and it is set up to print without fighting the page setup. No email wall, no signup, no watermark, and you can use it commercially.

About this KPI Dashboard template

A KPI dashboard should show in seconds what is on track and what is not. This Excel template lists each KPI with an owner, target and actual, works out the variance and percentage of target, and gives each a status.

Every KPI is set to 'higher is better' or 'lower is better', so measures like response time and churn are judged the right way round. The scorecard counts KPIs on target, close to target and off target, and names the worst performer.

Good for

→Monthly management reporting
→Team meetings reviewing performance
→Tracking a small set of business goals

What it works out for you

Scorecard

→KPIs on target
→Close to target
→Off target
→Average attainment
→Worst performer

What is inside the KPI Dashboard template

The table has 8 columns. Calculated columns fill themselves in; the rest are yours to type over.

→KPI
→Owner
→Better
→Target
→Actual
→Variance
→% of target
→Status

How to use the KPI Dashboard in Excel

Set whether higher or lower is better per KPI — response time and churn should not be judged the same way as revenue.

The file opens with sample rows so you can see every formula working before you change anything. Type your own figures over them. When you need more rows, insert them inside the existing block rather than underneath it, so the totals keep covering every row.

Functions and formulas it uses

Every one of these exists in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice, so the file behaves the same wherever you open it.

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Questions about the KPI Dashboard

Why does each KPI need a 'Better' setting?

For revenue, higher is good; for costs or response time, lower is good. The setting stops a KPI being marked as a success when it has actually moved the wrong way.