The dashboard contains up to nine tabs, Summary, Initiatives, Index Chart, Data Chart, Data Table, Direct Data Entry, Commentary, Info, and a personalizable web content tab. The dashboard opens to Summary. Direct Data Entry only appears for data measures and formula measures which permit data entry.
About the Summary tab display options
You personalize the content in Summary by specifying the number, layout, and content of dashboard cells. Summary can contain up to four dashboard cells.
Table 3‑1 describes the content that a dashboard cell can contain.
Table 3‑1 Dashboard display options
Dashboard option
What is displayed
<None>
A blank area in the summary dashboard.
Data Chart
Actual data for the measure.
Data Table
Actual data for the measure.
Index Chart
Actual vs. comparative data as a percentage for the selected measure.
Measure Commentary
Commentary that has been entered for the measure for the selected period. Four commentary types can appear in the dashboard at any given time.
Measure Description
Description of the selected measure.
Measure Information
Measure properties (including owner, polarity, consolidation, and storage period).
Measure Notes
Any notes that were entered for the selected measure.
Sublocations Data Charts
Actual data for sublocations of the measure’s selected location.
Sublocations Index Charts
Actual versus comparative data as a percentage for sublocations of the measure’s selected location.
Submeasures Data Charts
Actual data for submeasures of the selected grouping or formula.
Submeasures Index Charts
Actual vs. comparative data as a percentage for submeasures of the selected grouping or formula.
Submeasures Data Tables
Actual data for submeasures of the selected measure.
Sublocations Data Tables
Actual data for sublocations of the measure’s selected location.
User Data Table
Raw data that was entered for the measure, both actual and target.
The system specialist defines the display of cell contents in Summary in the dashboard for any particular type of measure. A suite of dashboard layout options is available for you to design the layout to best meet your needs. Choose from a one-, two-, three-, or four-pane layout and from a variety of size and shape options for each of the multi-pane layout choices.
Choose cell contents based on the kind of measures associated with a dashboard. For example, a data chart is not suitable in a group measure dashboard, because groupings do not have any data associated with them and because monthly measures are not accurately represented in a quarterly dashboard.
About the web content dashboard tab
Metrics Management supports creating a personalized dashboard tab which displays web content, such as an internal blog or external web site. The system specialist specifies a URL link and the web content dashboard tab name. The web content tab appears in the dashboard between the Commentary and Info tabs. The web content tab does not appear if the web content link is not defined.
For security reasons, certain external web sites do not permit opening in the dashboard in Metrics Management. Test a link to an external web site in the dashboard before deploying the link in your production environment.