Setting The Status Of A Kpi (Advanced) - Symantec IT ANALYTICS SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

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Setting the status of a KPI (advanced)

Setting the status of a KPI (advanced)
11 Click Create KPI.
12 In the resulting pop-up window, in the KPI Name box, enter Computers with
Critical Vulnerability.
13 Verify that the following boxes are correctly filled out:
Database Name. This box should be the name of the Analysis Services
database that IT Analytics Solution is configured to use.
Cube Name. This box should already be set to the Patch Management
Cube.
Associated Measure Group. This box should already be set to Applicable
Patches.
Value Expression. This box should already be populated with the MDX
code that represents the measure that was selected for the KPI Value.
Goal Expression. This box should already be populated with the MDX
code that represents the measure that was selected for the KPI Goal. You
might want to compare the number of vulnerable computers to a
percentage of all applicable computers. By adding "0.1*" directly before
the MDX string, you define your goal as 10% of all applicable computers.
With this measure in place, any KPI value that is below our goal is
acceptable. Any value above our goal is an undesirable state where there
are too many computers in the environment with critical patch
vulnerabilities.
14 Click Save Changes.
15 Click OK to allow the window to refresh.
16 In the left pane, open the Settings folder.
17 Click Key Performance Indicators.
The new KPI should now display in the list with the current value and goal
already defined.
IT Analytics Solution can leverage some of the graphical capabilities of Analysis
Services and Reporting Services. It looks for visual status indicators, such as a
stoplight or other images. This functionality gives a quick, high-level view of the
current state of defined KPI.
The Status Expression of the KPI is defined as a number between 1 and -1. The
most flexible way of defining how these values are populated is through an MDX
string.