User manual SAS BI DASHBOARD 4.3

[. . . ] SAS BI Dashboard 4. 3 ® User's Guide SAS® Documentation The correct bibliographic citation for this manual is as follows: SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc. SAS® BI Dashboard 4. 3: User's Guide Copyright © 2010, SAS Institute Inc. , Cary, NC, USA ISBN 978-1-60764-777-5 All rights reserved. For a hard-copy book: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, SAS Institute Inc. For a Web download or e-book: Your use of this publication shall be governed by the terms established by the vendor at the time you acquire this publication. [. . . ] Note: Valid input includes a sign, digits, and a locale-dependent decimal separator. Create or Edit a Range 51 3. For a static gauge, in the Code Interval column, select a code interval from the drop-down list. In the Relation column, select an operator from the drop-down list, and specify a value in the adjacent Lower Value column. To preview how the range will appear, select a gauge type from the Dynamic gauge type drop-down list. For more information, see the SAS Management Console online Help. 52 Chapter 8 · Ranges 53 Chapter 9 Indicators Overview . 102 54 Chapter 9 · Indicators Overview An indicator includes a title and a display. The display includes one or more data values, a hyperlink (optional), and one or more gauges, a graph, or an image. Here is an example of a KPI indicator: The indicator title is Regional Sales KPIs. The names of the gauges, such as NW and NYC, are the values of the data column specified by the Category Label field when the data source was defined. The values, such as 10% and 35%, are the values of the data column specified by the Label field. For more information about where these items of information appear in each type of display, see "Defining Indicator Data" on page 40. For more information, see "Create or Edit an Indicator" on page 54 and "Indicator Displays" on page 59. Create or Edit an Indicator Overview There are six general steps to create or edit an indicator: 1. (See page 58. ) When you edit an indicator, you can perform any of the steps in any order. Start to Create or Edit an Indicator To start to create or edit an indicator: 1. The dashboard designer appears. Create or Edit an Indicator 55 2. In the Library view of the Objects pane, select Indicator from the New dropdown list. Other controls might appear below the Indicator data field, based on the display type that you select. To select existing indicator data, click Browse next to the Indicator data field, navigate to the indicator data, and then open it. For more information, see step 2 of the task "Start to Create or Edit Indicator Data" on page 42. To edit an indicator, in the Library view of the Objects pane, navigate to a location that contains an indicator, and then double-click the name. Note: You can choose to display only indicators in the library tree by selecting Indicator from the Show drop-down list. 56 Chapter 9 · Indicators Define the General Properties 1. Change the height and width by specifying values in the controls or by clicking the indicator and dragging the resize handles. Note: For an interactive summary chart and detail chart display or an interactive summary chart and detail plot display, the minimum legible dimensions are 380 x 450 pixels. [. . . ] The summarized value is used to draw the summary line or bar chart at the bottom of the interactive charts. Alternate upper confidence to summarize The alternate parameter to use for the upper confidence summarization. The summarized value is used to draw the summary line or bar chart at the bottom of the interactive charts. Alternate value to summarize The alternate parameter to use for the summarization. The summarized value is used to draw the summary line or bar chart at the bottom of the interactive charts. 124 Appendix 1 · Indicator Role-Mapping Properties Band legend label The text that replaces the default title for the band legend in a forecast chart. Bar value The parameter to use for a bar. Bubble size value The parameter to use for the size of bubbles in a bubble chart display. Bullet value The parameter to use for a bullet in the bar chart with bullet display. Cluster group The parameter to use for a cluster in a clustered bar chart. Column group by The parameter by which to group columns of data. Custom label for summary graph The text that replaces the default title for the summary graph in an interactive display. Default data color Specifies the default color for representing data in an interactive display. Detail axis format The SAS format applied to the data on the Detail axis. Detail X axis format The SAS format applied to the data on the Detail X axis. Detail Y axis format The SAS format applied to the data on the Detail Y axis. Difference The parameter to use for each bar, which is an offset of the ending value for the previous bar, in a waterfall chart display. Alphabetic List of Properties 125 The magnitude of the last bar in the chart is the sum of the differences of all previous bars. If the values in the difference column are -500, 700, 100, the first bar goes from 0 to -500, the second bar goes from -500 to 200, and the third bar goes from 200 to 300. Difference axis format The SAS format applied to the data on the Difference axis. Finish date The parameter to use for the finish date of a task in the schedule chart. [. . . ]