1 In Metrics Management, a label that can be used to administer and manage large groups of objects. For example, a briefing book section can use a filter that gets all measures that contain a specific category, such as the Finance category.
2 In Dashboards, one of the discrete values that organizes the data on an area, bar, bubble, column, line, step, or stock chart axis. A category axis does not use a numeric scale. Typically, category values appear on the x‑axis of a chart. In a pie chart, category values define which sectors appear in a pie, as shown in Figure G‑1.
An explanation that appears in the dashboard. Typically, the measure owner uses commentary to communicate information that pertains to the performance of a measure or initiative.
There are four default commentary types: action plan, customer quotes, discussion forum, and owner’s commentary. Additional commentary types can be created. You select a commentary type when creating a dashboard.
A reference point that is measured against another reference point to produce meaningful data. A system specialist uses a comparative to create a comparative series. Comparative series are added to measures, either as a base or comparison series. Metrics Management calculates a measure’s index value from the base and comparison series. Default comparatives include actual, budget, benchmark, target, and previous year.
Used to calculate index values for measures. A base series and a comparison series are used to do the calculation. Examples of comparison series include actual, budget, and target.
A period of time, defined by a system specialist, for which data is considered complete. Briefing books and views display data for the completed period by default.
A way of combining data across periods and locations. Metrics Management supports the following types of consolidations: sum, average, and take last known value.
