One of the key phases in any Business Intelligence project and in particular the definition of Dashboard is the identification of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). These metrics that quantify objectives are closely linked to business processes that measure, but there are standard libraries that proposed KPI's and that can help us to define it better. 

 

One of them is: https://www.kpilibrary.com/

 

This library classifies KPI's by sector and business process. Logically, it is necessary to land and adapt to specific business process and performance targets to be achieved at estrategical level, but can be of great help and give ideas to propose indicators derived from those proposed.

 

Example:

 

Within the area of ​​human resources and in particular the formation processes, proposes more than 30 KPIs, as shown:

 

      Average number of training hours per employee

      Average costs per employee training

      Percentage of on-line courses

      Percentage of budget dedicated HR to training

Although the latest versions of most BI platforms support a wide range of data sources, this is a common question which involved the version of your BI tool, the version of the database file format or ERP that acts as a data source and the operating system.

 

In the case of SAS can solve these questions by referring to the SAS / ACCESS Validation Matrix, selecting the version of SAS, the database, the operating system and you have the answer.

¿Soporta tu plataforma B.I. el origen de datos que quieres analizar?   Aunque las últimas versiones de la mayoría de las plataformas B.I. soportan una amplia gama de orígenes de datos, esta es una pregunta frecuente en la cual intervienen la versión de tu herramienta B.I, la versión de la base de datos, formato de fichero o ERP que actúa como origen de datos y el sistema operativo.   En el caso de SAS se pueden resolver estas dudas consultando la SAS/ACCESS Validation Matrix: seleccionas la versión de SAS, la base de datos, el sistema operativo y tienes la respuesta.   support.sas.com/matrix/list   sasybi.blogspot.com