Clicking on it shows the scorecard itself in the Summary tab, but there is also a
Properties tab in the main window. This is identical to the Properties page for the
data source that was discussed in the previous section, with General Properties,
Custom Properties, and Permissions areas on the tab.
Figure 5-10 The scorecard after the developer used drag and drop to add the Date
dimension to the scorecard. The Dashboard Designer acts as a GUI design
palette for scorecards.
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Creating and Modifying KPIs
In the previous discussion about creating scorecards, the KPI was created as part of
that process. KPIs can be created independently as well, simply by right-clicking on
the KPIs folder in the Workspace Browser and choosing New KPI. Doing this opens a
dialog box that gives developers the option of creating two types of objects: Objectives
and Standard KPIs. An objective is basically a higher-level KPI that can have one or
more child KPIs with scores that roll up into the objective. Therefore, if the objective is
to Increase Profits, KPIs might include Sales, Cost Reduction, and so forth. A Standard
KPI is just a KPI as was created with the scorecard in the previous section.
Choosing either an objective or standard KPI results in a screen that asks for the
name, an optional display folder, and a checkbox to grant permissions to all users,
just as has been seen when creating a KPI through the new scorecard wizard.
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