Creating business metrics
The following describes how you can create an element. To see which functions are available when creating an element, see the section on Functions.
Procedure
- Activate the App Designer in the Administration app
- In the app of your choice, open a data record in read mode.
- Tip
You can also insert this element into a dashboard.
- Click Customize in the toolbar of the App Designer.
- When you are at the location at which you wish to insert a new element, click the respective button to insert the new element, for example, Extend z-layout.
- Select Business metric.
- The element is inserted. If necessary, you can move the element to another position.
Functions
Data source type
The data source type for a business metric can either be an aggregation, a database field, or a script. Different settings are possible depending on the data source type.
Further available functions depend on the selected data source type. You can find the respective descriptions on the corresponding pages:
