Working With PMF Views

Views in PMF are based on analysis of the metrics contained in PMF. They can also directly focus on any operational data used in PMF and/or related to PMF metrics.

Reference: Viewing a PMF Application

The PMF application uses icons in the form of red/yellow/green stop lights, as well as gauges and charts, to show performance visually.

The following table lists and describes PMF default images and icons.

Icon	Name	Description
	Red stop light	Measurement is below the desired threshold.
	Yellow stop light	Measurement is in a satisfactory range.
	Green stop light	Measurement is in a positive range.
	No previous data	No measure is present to draw an indicator.
	Up arrow	Measurement is closer to the target since the last update.
	Down arrow	Measurement is further from the target since the last update.
	Flat arrow	There is no trending change.
	Red metric icon	Metrics below are lower than the desired threshold.
	Project icon	Projects are aligned with the metric below it.
	Feedback icon	Feedback has been recorded for a metric below it.

An administrator can change the default indicator set (the stop lights) using the PMF Settings capability on the Manage tab. For more information, see Performance Management Framework Administrator.

Drill-Down Menus

When you click a hyperlinked item in a PMF view, a pop-up menu displays drill-down options to display other related views. Drill-down menu options can be accessed from multiple views, providing a different display of data depending on the view from which the option is accessed and the underlying metric associated with the drill-down hyperlink.

In some PMF views, there are drill-down menu options to reformat a view to display a different dimension of the associated data. For example, if you select the drill-down option Show by Month in the Detail Data view, the resulting view aggregates and displays the data in a monthly format based on measure linkages in the Time dimension.

Drill-Down Options

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The drill-down options available for each hyperlinked item listed under a specific column heading are standardized. For example, all hyperlinked items in the Objective columns of PMF provide the same set of drill-down menu options. The same is true for the other columns. The following topics show the available drill-down options by column heading.

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Reference: Perspective Drill-Down Options

The following drill-down options are available from the hyperlink pop-up menus in the Perspective column throughout the views in PMF.

Show Objectives (Curr vs. Prev). For details, see Show Objectives (Curr vs. Prev).
Causes & Effects. For details, see Causes & Effects.
Graph: Performance Trend. For details, see Performance Trend.
Related Properties. For details, see Related Properties.
Perspective Properties. For details, see Perspective Properties.

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Reference: Objective Drill-Down Options

The following drill-down options are available from the hyperlink pop-up menus in the Objective column throughout the views in PMF. In some views, these drill-down options are also available in the Caused By and Affects columns.

Show Measures (Curr vs. Prev). For details, see Show Measures.
Causes & Effects. For details, see Causes & Effects.
Graph: Performance Trend. For details, see Performance Trend.
Aligned Projects. For details, see Aligned Projects.
Aligned Processes. For details, see Scorecard Aligned Processes by Objective.
Operational Report. For details, see Operational Report.
Related Properties. For details, see Related Properties.
Objective Properties. For details, see Objective Properties.

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Reference: Measure Drill-Down Options

The following drill-down options are available from the hyperlink pop-up menus in the Measure and Measure Series columns throughout the views in PMF.

Operational Report. For details, see Operational Report.
Measure Breakout. For details, see Measure Breakout.
Graph: Performance Trend. For details, see Performance Trend.
Graph: Actual vs. Target Relationship. For details, see Actual vs. Target Relationship.
Graph: % Reached Histogram. For details, see Percent Reached Histogram.
Graph: Performance Trend (Predictive). For details, see Performance Trend (Predictive).
Graph: % Reached Histogram (Predictive). For details, see Histogram (Predictive).
Input Measure Values. This option opens the Data Entry form and is available for user-entered measures only. For more information, see Inputting User-Entered Measures.
Related Properties. For details, see Related Properties.
Measures Properties. For details, see Measure Properties.

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Reference: Project Drill-Down Options

The following drill-down options are available from the hyperlink pop-up menus in the Project columns throughout the views in PMF.

Project Impact. For details, see Project Impact.
Project Properties. For details, see Project Properties.
Operational Report. For details, see Operational Report.
Project Detail. For details, see Project Detail.
Related Properties. For details, see Related Properties.

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Reference: Process Drill-Down Options

The following drill-down options are available from the hyperlink pop-up menus in the Process columns throughout the views in PMF.

Operational Report. For details, see Operational Report.
Related Properties. For details, see Related Properties.
Process Properties. For details, see Process Properties.