Dashboard BuilderTM for Microsoft® AccessTM
What is a Metric?
A metric is a measurement of performance in an area of your
business. Metrics relate to a particular activity or group of
activities over a time period. For example, a count of sales
orders for the current month-to-date, or the total payroll expense
for the Western division last year. Once you define a metric,
you can generally use it in many different dashboards.
Additionally, a dashboard can display metrics that each come from
very distinct sources (tables containing employees, sales, and
project information, for example). Metrics can also define
thresholds as shown below where you can indicate what values are
acceptable, and which are cause for concern. Click here for a
tutorial on how
to set up metrics in Dashboard Builder.
