About Viewing the Details of a Key Performance Indicator

The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) details page displays the values that are recorded for a KPI, indicating where the actual value falls within the defined limits by using the dial chart or bullet chart. It also show how the values have changed over time by using the trend-line chart.

On this page, you can see the following details of a KPI:

Name: Displays the name of the selected KPI.
Last Modified On: Displays the date when the last scheduled update was run on the KPI and the name of the person who created or updated the KPI. This field is updated when:
- You manually update the KPI by selecting Update Measures.
- An automatic schedule is run based on the schedule defined for the KPI in the Schedule, Alerts and Privileges section.
More Information: Displays links to all the associated Scorecards. The Scorecard name appears as a link that you can select to view the Scorecard details.
Description: A description of the KPI.
Dial chart button (): Displays the KPI values in dial chart format. The dial chart indicates the level of success for the organizational performance. The dial chart also displays the current value of a KPI and the percentage change from the previous value. The colors of the dial chart indicates the following values:
- Red: Below the critical value
- Yellow: Between the target value and critical value
- Light Green: Between the target value and stretch value
- Dark Green: Above the stretch value
Bullet Chart button (): To change the dial chart format to a bullet chart format, select the bullet chart button ().

Note: You can add a KPI as a dashboard widget either in dial chart or bullet chart format. For more information, see the Dashboards documentation.
History: Displays the KPI results in a trend line chart, for a set period of time. You can view the data for specific period of time by selecting a time period in the Zoom section or by using the trend line slider provided below the graph. When you hover or tap on the datapoints on the trend-line, it provides an indication of where each value falls within the determined range.
Tabular View button (): You can change the trend line format to grid format by selecting the tabular view button (). The tabular view displays the Date and Value/Score columns. The table provides the date and the history of the measures for the selected time period. To change the tabular format to trend-line format, select the line view button ().
Sub-Indicators: Displays the list of sub-indicator KPIs that are assigned to the current KPI. The sub-indicator KPIs appear in tile format and the name of the sub-indicators appear as a link. On selecting the sub-indicator KPI name, the details page for the sub-indicators KPI appears.

Note: If you update a parent KPI, all other KPIs in that hierarchy will also be updated.

In addition to this, you can also perform the following on a KPI details page: