Metrics and Reports screen of Labor Dashboard

The Metrics and Reports screen of the Labor Dashboard displays a variety of labor management information for your organization.

Note: When you first access the Metrics and Reports screen, the Settings dialog box appears. You must select Settings options before you can use the Metrics and Reports screen. For information about configuring the screen, see Setting up Labor Dashboard.


# Field Description Notes

1

Breadcrumb / labor structure selector

Displays the organization level (within the labor structure) for which information is displayed.

To view a different organization level, select the options in the drop-down lists and select Load


2

Load

Loads your selection from the breadcrumb and updates the information displayed on the screen.

This button is only available for selection after you change the organization level in the bread crumb field.

3

Suggested Metrics

Specifies the comparative metrics for which information is displayed on the screen. Options include:

  • Actual vs Budget (Budget)

  • Actual vs Forecast (Forecast)

  • Actual vs Scheduled

  • Actual vs Standard

  • Paid vs Standard

  • Scheduled vs Projected

  • Overtime

  • System Forecast Accuracy

  • Manager Forecast Accuracy

Default metric: Actual vs Standard.

4

Date Range

Displays the date range for which data is displayed on the screen.

The Date Range is specified in the Settings dialog box for the Labor Dashboard.

Read-only.

5

Properties

Displays the number of selected properties.

Hover the mouse point over the information icon (  ) for a complete list.

Read-only.

6

Data type selectors for chart / grid

Select the type of data to be displayed in the graph.

  • Hours

  • Cost

  • Rate

  • Productivity

Click the buttons to change data display types.

The button of the selected data type is highlighted.

7

View type selector

Selects how information is displayed on the screen:

  • Chart—Displays information in a bar chart.

  • Grid—Displays information in a table.

Default: Chart view.

8

Chart / grid

Displays information for the aggregate of all selected properties within the specified time frame.

To drill down to a different organization level, click the corresponding bar in the chart.

To sort information in the grid, click the table headers.

Default: Chart view.

9

Go to Trends

Takes you to the Trends screen of Labor Dashboard.

The Metrics and Reports screen remains open in its own tab.


10

Saved Reports

Opens a list of saved reports that you can view.

For information about saved reports, see Report views

11

Settings

Opens the Settings dialog box for the Labor Dashboard where you can change the settings for the screen.

For information about configuring the screen, see Setting up Labor Dashboard.

12

Export

Exports the chart or grid. Options include:

  • Export to Excel

  • Print


13

Save New Report

Open the Save New Report dialog box where you can save the current view as a favorite.

For information about saved reports, see Report views

14

View

Opens a Metrics drop-down list where you can select additional data points to be displayed in the chart or grid.


15

Previous Level

Moves you up one level in the labor structure.

For example, if you are viewing data for jobs, clicking the Previous Level button takes you to the department level.


16

Legend & data point selector

Additional data points to be displayed in the chart or grid.

Select the check boxes for the data points that you want to add to the chart or grid. 

Although selected data points appear on both chart and grid views, the check boxes are visible only when the chart view is selected. 

The View button contains the same data point options.

17

Summary section: gauge and table

The Variance Impact gauge and variance data table summarize the information displayed in the chart or grid section.

For example, if you are viewing division results in the chart or grid, the summary section displays property totals

Read-only.