Fourth generation Performance Dashboards
Performance Canvas 2009 dashboards allow you to display information in a variety of ways using an easy-to-use tool kit. Create graphs that quickly measure performance allowing you to easily identify, measure and correct inefficiencies.
- Drag and Click technolgy shortens the learning curve for Managers
- Samples and Templates are included for quick prototyping
- Direct KPI Support for SQL 2005 KPI's
- Extensive graphing capabilities including "spark lines"
What is a fourth generation dashboard?
In addition to this - the distinguishing factors between a third generation performance dashboard and the fourth generation dashboard are:
- Mobile Canvas giving mobility to performance dashboard
- Search Canvas integrating enterprise search making dashboards, scorecards and mashboards easy to find
- Support for several collaboration paths such as annotations and viewpoints
"By adding DSP to the Microsoft BI stack we were able to customize Web Parts . . . giving our employees in-depth information and key metrics, making it possible for them to directly act on the information now available."
- Lei Fu, Vice President of Business Applications, LendingTree
"Microsoft has always relied on our partners to support and supplement our products and services. Key partners like Decision Support Panel (DSP) offer Business Intelligence (BI) solutions that not only enhance but extend Microsoft's growing line of business intelligence (BI) products, ultimately providing customers with great solutions to business problems."
- Ryan Buma, Director, Business Development, Office Business Applications Group, Microsoft