Start with the geographic question you actually need answered
Tontitown city is recorded in Washington County, Arkansas. A dashboard should therefore make the geographic scope of a report explicit: Tontitown city, Washington County, a wider service area, or another defined location. Do not treat a city population estimate as proof that residents are searching for legal services or that a particular practice area has demand. Ask how locations are named in rankings, lead records and source attribution, and whether a city reference means the caller’s location, the landing page location or the selected campaign target.
Recommended approach
During a review, request a plain-language geographic definition for every location field. Decide which locations matter to your firm and keep city, county, metropolitan-area and statewide views separate. The dashboard’s value depends on whether its location labels match the questions partners actually ask.
