Tag: BI Dashboard

Angela Hall 2
Dashboard 4.3 Global Formatting Options

Within BI Dashboard 4.3, you can change the font styles on different elements within the Dashboard. This is a global change to all the indicators displayed on the dashboard as you are unable to modify at an indicator level fonts for titles, cells, etc. Ranges are placed on indicators and

Angela Hall 0
Important Note on Server-Side Filtering in BI Dashboard

Using Server-Side filters requires defined prompts with default values in Information Map Studio. But it is extremely important to note that changes to the default values (or adding a default value) to the map while the related dashboard is in use can cause some issues. The documentation has this noted

Angela Hall 0
Addressing security at the root - BI Dashboard 4.2 tips

You may choose to address security of who can view what dashboards within a SAS Information Delivery Portal page by managing the 'Sharing' capabilities at the Page or Portlet levels, however the most gradular level might also require a 'lock down' to avoid users surfing for and locating dashboards they

Angela Hall 2
Designing dashboards successfully

During Analytics Camp 2010 this past weekend, I facilitated a discussion with a great group of attendees looking to create or improve their own dashboards. The question asked was: "What should all dashboards have to make them useful & successful?" During this discussion I added *** within my notes around

Angela Hall 0
Establishing and using a SAS data set as a BI Dashboard 4.2 source

A couple notes on how to set up and use a SAS dataset for a BI Dashboard Data Model. 1. The folder location (for TS2M2 installations) of dboard_sas.dsx is: <config dir>\Lev1\AppData\SASBIDashboard4.2\dataSourceDefs\ 2. The format for the libref change is LIBRARYName 'File Location'; LIBRARYName 'File Location'; Such as: <LibRefs>BIDASH 'C:\SAS\Data\BIDashboard';</LibRefs> Where