Benefits of Using SAS BI Dashboard

Benefits for Dashboard Designers

SAS BI Dashboard provides the following benefits to dashboard designers:

Dashboards are easy to design and build. Drag-and-drop capabilities make the process quick also.
Dashboards are easy to customize. The following features are simple to customize by using the dashboard designer:
- interactions
- alerts
- zoom
- links
Dashboards can use a wide variety of data sources:
- SAS Information Maps
- SAS Stored Processes
- SQL query
- tables
Indicators are simple to align and resize.
Dashboards can be designed to make it easier for business users to visualize and interpret data.

SAS BI Dashboard provides the following benefits to business users:

Collaboration and information sharing are easy. The commenting feature for indicators enables quick communication.
The alerting feature makes it easy for business users to monitor key performance areas and to be proactively notified of conditions that require follow-up.
Frequently viewed indicators and dashboards are easy to retrieve by using the favorites feature.
Details can be viewed up close by using the zoom feature. Zooming maximizes screen space by enlarging indicators.
Data can be viewed in multiple ways without rebuilding the indicator or dashboard. The interactions and prompts features provide this support.
Tasks can be completed with a minimum number of clicks. Prompt selections in dashboards now provide additional information that enables users to decide what item to click in the user interface before they actually click. This information includes KPI gauges and range colors that appear for each selection.