Administration Views

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The following topics describe the administration views available.

Administration views provide general documentation on the internal system capabilities of PMF. Those who maintain the PMF system can run them to query and display all components in the data mart. Administration views will help you when you perform compliance analysis of the PMF system or diagnostic functions against the data mart.

Sorting options allow you to select and arrange the content as desired. You can also save the parameters for a request for future use.



Procedure: How to Run an Administration View

To run an administration view:

  1. Log on as a user or administrator.
  2. In the Today page, click the dashboard icon Dashboard icon and select Administration. The available views are displayed.
  3. Select the desired view. and enter the content options as prompted.

    The following image shows the panel for Dimension Data.

    Dimension Data panel
  4. Select from the following output options: Browser, PDF, or Excel.
  5. Click Run to run the view with the chosen content and output options.

    Note: The Reset button returns all options to their default value.



Description of the Administration Views

In this section:

This topic lists each administration view and describes its content.



Dimension Data

The Dimension Data view displays, in sorted order, actual data values for the levels in a selected dimension or all dimensions.

For example, the following CenturyCorp Card view includes data for the dimension levels in the Product dimension, as shown in the image below.

Dimension Data


Dimension Data Level Breakout

The Dimension Data Level Breakout view displays, in sorted order, actual data values for a selected dimension or all dimensions, broken out level by level to show all linkable keys in the system.

For example, you can run a CenturyCorp Card view that includes data for the three dimension levels in the Product dimension. The following images show the data broken out for each dimension level on three pages.

Dimension Data

Dimension Data

Dimension Data


Dimensions Load

The Dimensions Load view displays data that controls how a dimension is loaded, as stored in the PMF data mart. You can select a single dimension or all dimensions.

It includes information, such as the name, type, and key of the dimension source table and the server on which it resides. It also includes the dimension source prefix code, the dimension levels, and their names and type, and if applicable, the DEFINE source code for a dimension level.

The following image shows a sample Dimensions Load view for the Product dimension. It applies to the CenturyCorp Card.

Dimension Load view


Dimensions Metadata

The Dimensions Metadata view displays control information in the PMF data mart for a selected dimension or all dimensions.

It includes information, such as the setting of the Time dimension flag (Yes or No), the levels in the dimension, and the abbreviation of a dimension level name if applicable. The Y or N value in the Display For Lower column determines which levels of the Time dimension are displayed.

The following image shows a sample Dimensions Metadata view for the Location dimension. It applies to the CenturyCorp Card.

Dimensions Metadata view


Launch Pages

The Launch Pages view is a view of WebFOCUS reports, other reports, and websites linked from PMF. It displays information about a selected type of view in PMF, or about all types. Examples of types include Today, saved, analysis, perspective, objective, measure, audit, and administration.

It includes information, such as the name of the launch page associated with each available view, and the parameters that are passed if applicable.

The following image shows sample output on the administration views for the CenturyCorp Card.

Launch pages


Load Analysis

Load Analysis shows the current data path capability, for example, can it be loaded, recalculated or copied, of sources, generated and derived datapoints, and measures.

The following example shows the Load Analysis report for all measures.

Load Analysis


Load History

The Load History view shows a detailed log, sorted by date, of all data done in PMF. It also shows a log status for each item.



Loads: To Do?

The Loads: To Do view shows which dimensions, sources, generated and derived datapoints, and measures have been loaded to date, and which have not. This is useful as a checklist of data processing that needs to be done.

The following example shows the Loads: To Do report for all dimensions.

Loads: To Do


Measures Load

The Measures Load view displays data that controls how measures are loaded, as stored in the PMF data mart. It includes calculations that PMF performs to define the actuals and targets of your metrics information. You can display data about a selected measure or about all measures.

In the Measures Load Report Options panel, you select the values for the content. In the following example, the measure is Ship, the Objective is Shipping costs down 5 Pct, the Perspective is All, and the Scorecard is Strategic - CenturyCorp Card.

The view displays load information about the requested measure, including the name and type of the measure source table and the server on which it resides, the setting of the measure load error flag and store history flag, the measure load prefix code, the dimension order and dimension names, and mapping and filtering information.



Measures Metadata

The Measures Metadata view displays control information in the PMF data mart for a selected measure or all measures.

It includes information, such as the measure aggregation type (linear, percent, ratio, or change of percent), the setting for the fix target flag, and the threshold flex direction and type.

The following image shows a sample Measures Metadata view for the Defects measure, the Improve Product Quality objective, and the Internal Process perspective. It applies to the Strategic - CenturyCorp Card.

Mesures Metadata


Metrics Load Requirements

The Metrics Load Requirements view displays load requirements for the selected metric, including table name, source, and datapoint.

The following example shows the Metrics Load Requirement for four measures.

Metrics Load Requirement


Owner Information

The Owner Information view displays information about PMF owners and their user preferences. Owners are sorted by Owner ID, Group Name, Name, Scorecard, or Owner Status. Information that might compromise security is not shown.

The following image shows the first page of a sample Owner Information view for the CenturyCorp Card, sorted by Owner ID.

Owner Information view

An owner information view includes the following columns:

  • Owner ID. The ID of the owner.
  • Group. The name of the group with which the owner is associated.
  • Name. The name of the owner.
  • Status. The letter A means the owner is active.
  • Scorecard. The name of the scorecard.
  • Launch Page. The name of the view shown on the Today page by default.
  • Email. The email address of the owner.
  • Flags. Managed Reporting access flags.


Scorecard

The Scorecard view is a summary of the scorecard information in the PMF data mart, showing perspectives and objectives, with drill downs. It includes information about a selected perspective, or all perspectives, optionally sorted by objective weight or perspective weight. It applies to a selected scorecard or to all scorecards.

The following image shows a sample Scorecard view for the Financial perspective, sorted by objective weight. It applies to the CenturyCorp Card.

Scorecard view


Theme Information

Theme Information lists the themes in your strategies and displays the color key, the creation date and time, and the description.

The following image shows a sample of Theme Information.

Theme Information


Units of Measure Information

Units of Measure Information is a catalog of the units of measure defined in the PMF data mart. It displays information about the units of measure set up by the administrator for use in PMF. A unit of measure controls the format of the data displayed.

The view includes information, such as the name of the unit of measure, the default display format, the symbol, the unit ID, and a description.

You can sort units of measure information by Unit Name or Unit Symbol. The following image shows a partial view is sorted by Unit Name.

Units of Measure

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