Business Insights is a real-time dashboard module in FlightLogger that helps you visualize key metrics across your organization.
It transforms operational, scheduling, and training data into simple, visual widgets – directly on your dashboard.
From student progress and instructor productivity to aircraft utilization and CBTA performance, Business Insights gives you immediate access to what matters most in your daily operations.
What can you track?
The module offers a wide range of widgets organized by category. Each widget provides a specific type of insight and can be configured to suit your role.
Category | Focus areas |
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Aircraft | Aircraft hours, simulator use, cancellations, maintenance impact |
CBTA | Competency performance by program, user, or flight phase |
Cancellations | Reasons behind cancelled flights and ground training |
Production | Number of completed training activities by type, class, or category |
Productivity | Output per aircraft, instructor, student, or renter |
Scheduling | Completion rate and duration of bookings – flight, ground, ops, rental |
Training | Student progress, lesson repetition, instructor capacity |
Safety (SMS) | Submitted safety reports by type, user, and reporting date |
Weather | Real-time METAR and TAF data from selected airports |
How to activate Business Insights
Business Insights is an optional add-on module. It is not available by default.
To activate it on your account:
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Click the Get Support button inside FlightLogger
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Request activation of the Business Insights module
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Our team will guide you through pricing, setup, and configuration
Once activated, you can start adding widgets to your dashboard right away.
How to add widgets to your dashboard
Each user can customize their own dashboard layout:
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Go to your FlightLogger dashboard
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Click the gear icon in the bottom-right corner
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Click Add
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Add the widgets you want
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Click Apply
Widgets can be resized, rearranged, and removed at any time – and you can update your layout as your role or priorities evolve.
Widget categories and use cases
Below is a summary of what each widget category helps you track. You can click through to see the individual widgets, their definitions, and examples:
Aircraft
Track aircraft utilization, simulator hours, cancellations, and maintenance impact.
Explore Aircraft Widgets
CBTA (Competency-Based Training and Assessment)
Visualize competency scoring across programs, instructors, and flight phases. Ideal for CBTA-compliant training environments.
Explore CBTA Widgets
Cancellations
Understand why bookings are cancelled – categorized by reason – for both flight and ground training.
Explore Cancellations Widgets
Production Reports
Monitor training output by type (e.g. theory, flight, sim), by student class, or by program type.
Explore Production Reports Widgets
Productivity
Evaluate how productive each aircraft, instructor, student, or renter has been – based on completed operations.
Explore Productivity Widgets
Scheduling
Follow up on booking volume, completion, and cancellation trends across flight training, ground school, operations, and rentals.
Explore Scheduling Widgets
Training
Track how students progress through training programs, how many repetitions are needed, and how instructor capacity matches demand.
Explore Training Widgets
Safety Management System (SMS)
See trends in submitted safety reports – grouped by type, user, or reporting frequency.
Explore Safety Widgets
Weather
Get live METAR and TAF data from selected airports for planning and operational awareness.
Explore Weather Widget
Role-based access
Access to widgets depends on user role and your account configuration:
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Administrators: Full access to all widgets
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Instructors, Students & staff: Limited access depending on assigned permissions
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Guest users: No access to Business Insights
To adjust access levels, contact FlightLogger Support.
When to use Business Insights vs. Reports
Business Insights | Reports module |
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Live dashboard for quick overviews | Structured exports and historical breakdowns |
Visual widgets tailored to daily operations | Filters, search, exports, and lesson-level detail |
Ideal for monitoring and management at a glance | Ideal for audits, formal reports, or deep analysis |
Good to know
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Widgets display summarized data only – no drill-down
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Data cannot be exported or printed from dashboards
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Widget availability may vary depending on your setup
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Business Insights is only available to active users with access rights
Need help?
If your widgets are not loading or data looks incomplete:
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Refresh the dashboard
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Check your browser and network
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Contact us via Get Support in FlightLogger