Briefing books provide you with an alternative way of viewing data from that of the view hierarchy. The view hierarchy displays measures aligned to their respective areas of strategic focus. You use briefing books to select the measures that are important to you. You build sections devoted to those areas that require immediate attention. For example, use a filter to display only red measures or only measures of which you are the owner. Like the view hierarchy, the briefing book is a dynamic element that updates whenever new information is entered into the system.

Using briefing books, you can evaluate performance information in graphs and data by measure and by location. You can add links to documents to a briefing book section, providing additional information for easy reference. You can also link e-mail addresses to the various sections so that feedback can be provided to team members from within Metrics Management. Multiple sections can be added to briefing books.