# Publication statistics dashboard

## Summary

A single location for accessing reports on the number of publishers, status of current publication, validation errors, coverage of key fields, use of extensions and other key facts.

## Description

A dashboard helps to answer questions like:

- Who is publishing using the standard?
- How many publishers are using version 1.0 or 1.1?
- How many publishers are using this specific field?
- What values are used in this specific field?
- Which codelists are publishers using?
- Which are the most common validation errors?
- If we deprecate a particular field, which publishers will be affected?

## Examples

- The [IATI Dashboard](http://dashboard.iatistandard.org/) fetches changed data on a nightly basis (based on data in the IATI registry) and builds a collection of statistical reports, as well as maintaining historical data to show change over time.

## Related Components

* [Registry of datasets](registry_of_datasets)