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This tab shows user's performance progress from the measurements of the performance indicators associated with their assigned performance targets (figure 1).
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Performance measurements on target |  |
No measurements |
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Performance measurements over achieving |  |
Click to view current measurement and performance target value | |
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Performance at risk of failing |  |
Click to display performance target graph | |
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Performance failing |
Figure 1: Control Panel Indicators tab
The icons on the far left show a summary of the user's peformance progress, the binocular icon allows the user to see the current performance indicator's value and the target value and the graph icon link goes directly to the performance target graph (see below).
On the right, the progress bars give an instant visual overview of how close to completion the performance target is. The colour of the bar shows the performance target's status relative to its target at this time (red means "failing", amber means "behind target", green means "on target", and blue is exceeding target - see Control Panel Display). The percentage and the length of the bar shows absolute progress towards a target.
For example, the target bar could be at 20% and blue indicating that performance indicator measurements are exceeding expectations but the target is still not complete.
Note: Progress bars only appear for measures which have a numeric value where high is good. They don't represent progress towards dates or relative to low values.
Figure 2: Clicking on the View Measure icon to display performance target and current value
Figure 3: Clicking on the bar graph icon to display graph showing performance indicator measurements and associated performance target
Graphs show a range of information about a performance indicator. By default, the graph shows progress on the PI, the performance target (red line), and where the PI is currently relative to its target.
Targets for measures where values should fall into a range will appear as two lines, for the top and bottom of the range.
For measurements of cumulative PIs, each point is the data entered plus all the previous entries (graphs will tend to rise). For measurements of average PIs, each point is the average of all previous entries (graphs will tend to flatten out). For measurements of snapshot PIs, each point is the data entered (graphs may go all over the place).
The Chart Values tab allows additional data shown on the graph. Changing the Y (vertical) axis value allows "zoom in" or out on a graph, e.g. for a graph where all the points are in the range 200-210, changing the minimum Y value to 190 would give a more close-up view of the line.
The Chart Image, Chart 3D and Chart Border tabs enable customising of the graph's appearence. Chart Image allows a choice of scatter charts, curves, area, bar or line graphs.