Assessing your current data environment for creating a data strategy – Where are you now?

I came across a discussion thread on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/dataengineering/comments/14e8nuu/what_is_the_best_way_to_optimize_5000_dashboards/). Here the author wanted to understand how to go about BI Modernization if there are 5000 dashboards thrown at you. Would the approach include gathering information on dashboards that got maximum hits, or check on data sources, how they are consumed and patterns on consumption?

What would you do if you were given this task?

Probably you should first ask why we need 5,000 dashboards. It does not make sense at all for most organizations. Maybe you should just shut down all 5,000 dashboards and then take a vacation. When you are back from holiday, see if your boss’s boss comes to your desk with a solid dashboard use case. Then you have your fresh, new use case pipeline.

You need to clarify what exactly the problem statement...