Track performance: Rank colleagues using key metrics such as sales, completed tasks, or points
Highlight top performers: Quickly identify your top three contributors
Support transparency: Give teams a clear view of progress and outcomes
Drive engagement: Add friendly competition to recurring goals

Enabling Leaderboard

Leaderboard is disabled by default. To enable it:

Open your collection and go to Settings
Find Data Visualisation Tools
Toggle on Leaderboard

Leaderboard requires at least one colleague field and one numeric field in your collection.

Configuring Leaderboard

Administrators can customise Leaderboard for each collection:

Click on the cog icon next to the toggle to set default fields and ranking direction for your collection's Leaderboard.

Select the Colleague field to rank by.
Select the Value fields to display as value columns. You can have multiple value fields.
Select the Rank field to use for ranking colleagues.
Choose the sort direction (highest-to-lowest or lowest-to-highest).

Click Save to apply your settings.

These defaults will be used whenever you open the Leaderboard tool, but you can change the sort direction on the fly within the tool as well.

Using Leaderboard

1. Open Leaderboard

From your collection, click the trophy icon in the toolbar to open Leaderboard in the side pane.

2. Sort by Ranking Fields

You leaderboard will show your colleagues ranked by the default rank field and sort direction you configured. Click a column header to change the sort field and direction.

3. View the Rankings

Leaderboard displays results ordered by your selected metric, with the top three colleagues shown on the podium.

4. Refine Results

Apply collection filters to focus the leaderboard on a specific team, period, or subset of records. Click a column header to change the sort field and direction.

Example Uses

Creative ways to use Leaderboard

Sales performance: Rank reps by revenue, deals closed, or conversion totals
Service delivery: Compare support team members by resolved tickets or response targets
Project execution: Rank colleagues by completed tasks, story points, or milestones delivered
Quality tracking: Surface top contributors by quality score or review outcomes
Engagement programs: Track participation points for training, events, or internal initiatives
Workload visibility: See who is handling the highest volume of assigned work

Tips

Use meaningful metrics: Pick a numeric field that directly matches what you want to compare
Filters apply: Leaderboard respects your current view filters, so you can rank specific teams or time periods
Check field quality: Ensure colleague and numeric fields are consistently populated for accurate rankings

Using Kinabase's Leaderboard tool helps your team interact with your data in a fun, engaging way - adding an element of competition and visibility to your workflows and decision-making processes.

Read our guide on Data Visualisation Tools to learn about other ways to explore your collection data.

For more help or to report issues, contact your System Admin or contact our Support Team.

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