Contents
About
Title Page
What's New in SAS BI Dashboard 4.31
Introduction to SAS BI Dashboard
About SAS BI Dashboard
What is SAS BI Dashboard?
SAS BI Dashboard Users
Benefits of Using SAS BI Dashboard
SAS BI Dashboard Features
Accessing Help and Documentation for SAS BI Dashboard
Supported Web Browsers
Adobe Flash Requirement
Accessibility Features
Dashboards Features and How to Use Them
Why Use a Dashboard?
Dashboard Design Ideas
Viewing Dashboards
SAS BI Dashboard Viewers
Viewer Support for SAS BI Dashboard
Viewer Feature Comparison
Dashboard Viewer
Overview
Access the SAS BI Dashboard Viewer
The SAS BI Dashboard Viewer Interface
Open a Dashboard or Indicator
Clear the Default Dashboard View Setting
Navigate among Multiple Dashboards or Indicators
Manually Refresh the Viewer Contents
Set the Automatic Refresh Interval
Zoom In on an Indicator
Print a Dashboard or Indicator
Setting Personal Indicator Alerts
Creating Comments and Replying
Working with Favorites
Manage and Design Dashboards
Dashboard Portlet
Setting Up a SAS BI Dashboard Portlet
The SAS BI Dashboard Portlet Interface
Working in the SAS BI Dashboard Portlet
Designing Dashboards
The SAS BI Dashboard Designer
Access the Dashboard Designer
The SAS BI Dashboard Designer Interface
How Do You Design a Dashboard?
Overview
Dashboards and Their Components
Folder Organization and Component Filenames
Steps to Complete Before You Design a Dashboard
Designing a Dashboard
Defining Indicator Data
Overview
Data Flow and Dashboards
Guidelines for Defining Indicator Data
Create a Stored Process to Use for Indicator Data
Create Indicator Data
Edit Indicator Data
Including Additional Data in the Indicator Data
Data Column Display Attributes
Defining Ranges
Overview
Indicator Types That Support Ranges
Create a Range
Edit a Range
Working with Indicators
Overview
Create an Indicator
Setting Indicator Properties
Customize a KPI Indicator
Example: Creating a Spark Table
Example: Creating a Custom Graph That Uses a Stored Process
Save an Indicator
Edit an Indicator
Laying Out Content in a Dashboard
Overview
Considerations
Create a Dashboard
Working in the Dashboard Workspace
Setting Dashboard Properties
Setting the Properties of Indicators and Other Objects in a Dashboard
Linking to Other Information by Adding Static Content
Using a Template to Lay Out Dashboard Content
Edit an Existing Dashboard
Save a Dashboard with a New Name
Adding Interactive Features to Dashboards
Overview
Adding Interactions between Indicators
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content
Enabling Zoom for an Indicator or Static Content
Adding Indicators with an Interactive Slider
Customizing Alerts
Overview
Understanding Alerts
Working with Alerts for Another User or a Group of Users
Enable Personalized Indicator Alerts
Testing Dashboards
Overview
Test a Dashboard by Using Preview Dashboard
Test a Dashboard by Using the SAS BI Dashboard Viewer
Test a Dashboard by Using the SAS BI Dashboard Portlet
Appendix
Indicator Dictionary
How to Use This Dictionary
Indicator Types by Category
Bar Chart with Bullet
Bar Chart with Reference Lines
Bubble Plot
Chart with Slider Prompt
Clustered Bar Chart
Custom Graph
Dual Line Chart
Dynamic Prompt
Dynamic Text
Forecast Chart
Interactive Summary and Bar Chart
Interactive Summary and Scatter Plot
Interactive Summary and Targeted Bar Chart
KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
Line Chart with Reference Lines
Multi-Line Chart
Needle Plot
Pie Chart
Range Map
Scatter Histogram
Scatter Plot
Schedule Chart
Simple Bar Chart
Spark Table
Stacked Bar Chart
Targeted Bar Chart
Tile Chart
Vector Plot
Waterfall Chart
Indicator Types that Aggregate Data
Valid Date Formats for Information Maps
Glossary
Product
Release
SAS BI Dashboard
4.31_M2
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
August 2012
Last Updated
28Aug2012