By right-clicking on Reports
and then New Report, the Trend Analysis Chart template can be chosen. The first
screen of the Create Trend Analysis Chart dialog box asks the same three questions
as the others: the name, folder, and Read permission settings. The next step asks for
the scorecard containing the KPIs. If a new scorecard has been created but does not
show up in the list, cancel out of the wizard, publish the scorecard, and then rerun
the wizard.
After selecting the scorecard, a list of KPIs appears. Remember that there is one
Trend Chart per KPI, so selecting multiple KPIs on this screen will result in multiple
Trend Charts. Finally, clicking the Finish button builds the report. After closing the
wizard, the designer is presented with a report similar to that shown in Figure 5-28.
By default, the chart shows a line graph for the actual values.
Figure 5-28 The Trend Chart shows the historical trend of the KPI but does not show any
forecast until a forecast period is set.
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Figure 5-29 The Select Time Period panel allows designers to modify the historical time
period shown as well as forecast future periods.
Below the chart is a panel labeled Select Time Period. This panel is shown in its
entirety in Figure 5-29. This is where designers can enter the number of time periods
to forecast (up to three). Designers can also choose to modify the selection of values
used for input.
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