In the
Details pane on the right hand side of the Dashboard Designer is a list of available
items and these include KPIs, dimensions, named sets, and so forth. By expanding
these, items can be dragged from the Details pane and dropped onto the scorecard.
For example, the aforementioned Product Model Lines hierarchy can be dragged
from the Dimensions folder of the Details pane and dropped onto the scorecard.
Figure 5-9 This is a simple scorecard with a single KPI showing the actual value, the
target, and a graphical indicator of the KPI??™s status.
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Visual indicators help show where it will be dropped, such as before or after the Sales
Amount KPI. Once dropped, a hierarchy list appears in a dialog box that allows the
developer to select which items to place on the scorecard. In Figure 5-11, items at
two different levels were chosen. First, the All Products item was chosen, and then
the items one level below the all level were selected as well. Clicking the Update
button after this change will retrieve data from the server. The scorecard now shows
those items and their actual and target numbers. Note that the measure used for the
target, Sales Amount Quota, does not have detail below the All Products level, and is
therefore blank in this example.
Once the scorecard has been created it is visible in the Workspace Browser.
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