Pre/Post Event History Dashboard: A Detailed Overview

The Pre/Post Event History Dashboard allows military practitioners to compare Soldier data collected before, during, and after key operational or training events.

This dashboard is designed to help leaders, Human Performance Teams, strength and conditioning coaches, medical personnel, and tactical practitioners identify trends in Soldier readiness and recovery by displaying values on selected days before and after an event. It also compares those values against historical averages from previous events, making it easier to identify meaningful deviations from typical responses.

Common use cases include monitoring:

• Readiness 
• Recovery 
• Sleep duration and quality 
• Fatigue 
• Stress 
• Musculoskeletal soreness 
• Training load 
• Body weight 
• Wellness questionnaires 
• Performance assessment results 
• Operational workload

This dashboard is particularly valuable for understanding how Soldiers respond before and after demanding training events, field exercises, assessments, deployments, or other mission-related activities. 

Builder Screen and Options

1. Dashboard Name

Enter a unique name for your dashboard.

This name will appear when assigning the dashboard to Athlete layouts.

2. Event Field

Select the field that identifies the event you wish to analyze.

This is typically an event marker that indicates when a significant training or operational activity occurred.

Examples include:

• AFT 
• Field Training Exercise (FTX) 
• Ruck March 
• Marksmanship Qualification 
• Deployment Preparation Exercise 
• Selection Event 
• Air Assault School 
• Ranger School Assessment 
• Mission Rehearsal Exercise 
• Operational Deployment 
• Training Exercise 

The selected field serves as the reference point for all relative day calculations.

3. Previous Number of Events

Select how many previous events should be displayed.

Available values range from 1 to 10 events.

This setting determines how many recent events will be included in the dashboard.

Example

If:

• Previous Number of Events = 4
• Relative Days = -1, 0, +1

The dashboard will display 12 total data points:

• Event 1: Day -1, Day 0, Day +1
• Event 2: Day -1, Day 0, Day +1
• Event 3: Day -1, Day 0, Day +1
• Event 4: Day -1, Day 0, Day +1

4. Relative Days to Show

Define which days should be displayed relative to each event.

Relative days can be:

You may select as many relative days as needed.

Example

Selecting:

• -2
• -1
• 0
• +1
• +2

Would display Soldier data from two days before the event through two days after the event.

This allows practitioners to evaluate preparation, readiness, recovery, and adaptation surrounding key operational or training activities.

5. Compare Since Date

Specify the earliest date that should be included when calculating historical comparisons.

The dashboard uses events occurring after this date when calculating baseline averages for each relative day.

This helps ensure comparisons are based on relevant historical data.

Example

If Compare Since Date is set to January 1, 2025:

Only events occurring after January 1, 2025 will be used when calculating historical averages and thresholds.

6. Fields to Display on Event and Relative Days

Select the metrics you would like displayed and compared.

Examples include:

• Readiness Score 
• Recovery Score 
• Sleep Duration 
• Sleep Quality 
• Fatigue 
• Stress 
• Mood 
• Musculoskeletal Soreness 
• Body Weight 
• Heart Rate Variability (HRV) 
• Resting Heart Rate 
• Training Load 
• Session RPE 
• AFT Performance Metrics 
• Movement Screening Scores 
• Injury Risk Indicators 
• Wellness Questionnaire Responses 

Each field may only be added once to the dashboard.

The dashboard will display values for each selected metric across all relative days and events.

7. Thresholds

Thresholds determine how values are color-coded based on how far they deviate from historical averages.

Threshold values represent ranges of deviation from a Soldier's typical value on the same relative day surrounding similar events.

For example:

Custom colors can be assigned to each threshold range.

This allows practitioners to quickly identify meaningful changes in readiness, recovery, or workload surrounding critical training and operational events.

Understanding Relative Days

Relative days are the foundation of the Pre/Post Event History Dashboard.

Instead of organizing data by calendar date, the dashboard aligns information around significant operational or training events.

For example:

This allows practitioners to evaluate how Soldiers typically respond before and after major events regardless of when they occurred on the calendar. 

Example 1: Readiness Around an AFT

Configuration:

• Event Field = AFT 
• Previous Events = 5 
• Relative Days = -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 
• Display Field = Readiness Score

Result:

The dashboard displays readiness scores from two days before through two days after each of the previous five AFTs.

Historical comparisons help practitioners identify whether current readiness values are unusually high or low compared to previous testing events.

Example 2: Recovery Following a Field Training Exercise

Configuration:

• Event Field = Field Training Exercise 
• Previous Events = 6 
• Relative Days = -1, 0, +1 
• Display Fields: 
  • Sleep Duration 
  • Recovery Score 
  • Fatigue

Result:

Practitioners can identify recurring recovery patterns before and after demanding training exercises, helping inform recovery strategies and future training planning.