Metrics cube is an essential part of a scorecarding application, this cube uses icons to show how each metric is performing. A metrics cube has to contain at least following dimension:

  • a metric dimension
  • a metric indicators dimension
  • a time dimension

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Steps to create the cube:

1. Right click on the folder where you want the cube to be stored in. Select ‘New’ and ‘Metrics Cube’

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2. It will open up a new window, type cube name

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3. Add the metric dimension to rows, and the metric indicators dimension to columns, and any additional dimensions to the Context area as filters.

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4. Example of result after loading data.

Metric indicators elements that needs data: Actual, Target and Tolerance.

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Metric indicators element: Status is depiction of Actual and Target comparison. Below are the indicators used and its description:

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Metric indicators element: Trend is depiction of Score this period and Score last period comparison. Below are the indicators used and its description:

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