DSCI-532_2026_32: Uber Dashboard Project

This project develops an interactive dashboard analyzing Uber’s 2024 ride data to evaluate operational performance, revenue trends, and customer satisfaction. The dashboard provides key business insights through visual analytics, helping stakeholders understand ride volume patterns, vehicle type performance, geographic demand distribution, trip duration trends, and customer ratings.

Using Python, Shiny, and interactive visualizations, the project transforms raw ride-level data into meaningful KPIs and decision-support tools. The dashboard enables users to explore trends over time, compare service categories, and identify areas for operational improvement and revenue optimization.

This project demonstrates the full data workflow: data cleaning, exploratory data analysis (EDA), KPI development, and interactive dashboard deployment. It emphasizes business storytelling, data-driven decision-making, and clear visual communication.

Installations

1. Fork the repository: https://github.com/UBC-MDS/DSCI-532_2026_32_Uber_dashboard.git

2. Clone the fork locally using:

git clone git@github.com:UBC-MDS/DSCI-532_2026_32_Uber_dashboard.git

Then please cd into the root of the repo by:

cd DSCI-532_2026_32_Uber_dashboard

3. Create the virtual environment with:

conda env create -f environment.yml

4. Once the environment is created, activate it with:

conda activate dsci-532_2026_32_Uber_dashboard

5. Run the app locally with:

shiny run src/app.py 

This will start the Shiny app, and you can access it in your web browser. The dashboard will allow you to explore Uber's 2024 ride data through interactive visualizations and KPIs. If you'd like to contribute check out: https://github.com/UBC-MDS/DSCI-532_2026_32_Uber_dashboard/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md

Deployment

The dashboard is deployed on posit cloud, and the preview build version can be accessed at the following URL: https://019cca41-6593-d698-f198-826bf5222992.share.connect.posit.cloud/ .The stable build version can be accessed at the following URL: https://019cca3c-2682-2efd-8947-1fd5caf109bc.share.connect.posit.cloud/ . This allows users to interact with the dashboard without needing to run it locally, providing easy access to the insights derived from Uber's 2024 ride data.

Running Tests in Headed Mode (Playwright + Pytest)

To run browser tests with a visible UI (headed mode), you need the Playwright plugin for pytest. By default, pytest alone does not recognize the --headed option.

1. Install the Playwright Pytest Plugin

Install the plugin that integrates Playwright with pytest:

pip install pytest-playwright

2. Install Playwright Browsers

After installing the plugin, download the browsers required by Playwright:

playwright install

3. Run Tests in Headed Mode

You can now run tests with the browser UI visible:

pytest --headed

Demo