We just went from “dummy data for the demo” to “live Dataverse feeds driving every quota card” in the CCCP Factory Portal dashboard. No more hardcoded 2,450 wheat units that never change. Now it’s real: fetch the resource table, pull the actual quantities and thresholds, calculate percentages on the fly, and display it with proper color-coded progress bars and badges.

The Power Pages Liquid templating lets us use `{% fetchxml %}` to query Dataverse, loop through results with `{% for resource in resourceData.results.entities %}`, and map resource names to icons/colors. Clean. Efficient. Soviet-approved.

And the UI? CCCP-themed gradients, golden stars, muted colors that don’t burn your retinas at 2am. Cards with colored top borders (amber for wheat, green for potatoes, orange for carrots). Progress bars that actually mean something because they’re tied to real inventory levels. We made sure to let the user know by a quick glance how much the inventory carry right now, plus giving amazing visuals with progress bars and percentage numbers that represent the units.

We didn’t use the drag-and-drop builder for this. We pro-coded the entire dashboard as a custom web template in VS Code using Bootstrap 5, CSS Grid, and modern responsive design patterns. Downloaded the portal with PAC CLI, built it locally with proper version control, then pushed it back. That’s how you get pixel-perfect layouts and custom FetchXML integration that actually scales.

And if it is responsive you ask? Well..

We are claiming the “Dash it out” badge, because dashboards aren’t just for show, they’re for running a production facility where every unit counts and every threshold matters. But at the same time, let’s put some extra effort into making it looks nice! 🙂 Now back to work, Comrade. The village demands real-time analytics!