Gauges view

The Gauges view displays individual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) using a graphical representation of gauges or dials.

Gauges help you to visualize information by representing KPI values on a gauge, like a speedometer. A dial is used to represent the position of the KPI value in two different ways. It can be monitored relative to the lower and upper limits of the KPI or relative to the target of the KPI. The Gauges view focuses on representing numeric KPIs that belong to aggregated business measures in a business measures model. Each gauge represents the value of a single KPI.

Gauges view

This view requires that a business measures model contain the KPIs that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor one or more KPIs relative to their targets, these targets must be defined in the business measures model. Otherwise, you will not be able to monitor them in view mode. If you want to monitor one or more KPIs relative to their limits, their upper and lower limits must be defined in the business measures model. Otherwise, you will not be able to monitor them in view mode.

You can configure gauge options to suit your needs and preferences. If you have administrative privileges, you can use the configure mode of Gauges view to customize the data content and the appearance of the view. Configuring tasks include:

The configuration saved by the Administrator role can be personalized later by other roles, provided that they have access to the view edit mode, for example, the Privileged User role.

Related concepts
View modes
Dashboards access control
Cooperative views
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) view
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Alerts view
Active Instances view
Reports view
Dimensions view
Organizations view
Process Diagrams view
Export Values view
Related tasks
Configuring Gauges view
Modifying Gauges view visual appearance
Administering dashboards and views
Related reference
Dashboards
Gauges view reference
WebSphere Portal information
DB2 Alphablox

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