SAS BI Dashboard: Developing and Using Dashboards

Duration

1 day

This course provides information on how to use the SAS BI Dashboard portlet in the SAS Information Delivery Portal. This course covers the steps needed to create and customize the four required components needed to display dashboards.

Learn how to

• Create and edit a data model
• Create and edit a range
• Discuss the various gauges and indicators
• Create and edit an indicator
• Create, edit, and personalize a dashboard.

Who should attend

Business Analysts and Business Users who will create and use the SAS BI Dashboard portlet in the SAS Information Delivery Portal

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this course. Knowledge of the SAS Information Delivery Portal, Structured Query Language (SQL), and SAS Information Map Studio is helpful but not required. You can gain the SAS Information Delivery Portal knowledge by completing the Accessing Information Using the SAS Information Delivery Portal course. You can gain the SQL knowledge by completing the SQL Processing with SAS course. You can gain the SAS Information Map Studio knowledge by completing the Using SAS Information Map Studio to Create Information Maps course.

Course Contents

Introduction to SAS BI Dashboard

• What is SAS BI Dashboard?
• What is the SAS Intelligence Platform?
• What is the SAS Information Delivery Portal?
• Using the SAS BI Dashboard

Working with Data Models

• Understanding dashboard components
• Understanding data model data sources
• Using a SAS Information Map Data Source
• Using a dashboard library (SQL/JDBC) data source

Working with Ranges

• Understanding ranges
• Creating ranges

Working with Indicators

• Understanding indicators
• Creating a new indicator
• Exploring types of indicators
• Personalizing an indicator

Working with Dashboards

• Understanding dashboards
• Creating and personalizing dashboards

Appendix: SAS Intelligence Platform Training

• SAS Intelligence Platform training

Appendix: Building SAS Information Maps

• What is SAS Information Map Studio?
• Building the information maps used in this course

Software Addressed

This course addresses the following software product(s): SAS Information Delivery Portal, SAS Intelligence Platform.