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Introduction

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This article shows how to create scorecard dashboards in the MSPbots app.

Background Information

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Scorecard Dashboards are like other MSPbots dashboards, which allow users to identify actionable data from a single page. Unlike other dashboards, a scorecard dashboard hosts only target card widgets and is useful for monitoring historical values against specific sets of targets. 

Required Permissions

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Only users with admin permissions can create or edit a Scorecard Dashboard.

Prerequisites

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Before This article shows how to create scorecard dashboards in the MSPbots app. Before you proceed, please make sure that you are logged in to MSPbots as an administrator

Watch this video or follow the procedure below to create a scorecard in MSPbots.

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Related video: Why a scorecard is important

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To create a scorecard dashboard:

How to Create a Scorecard Dashboard

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  1. Navigate to Scorecards on the MSPbots menu.
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  2. On the Scorecards tab, click the New Dashboard button to open the Add New Scorecard Dashboard window. 
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  3. On the Add New Scorecard Dashboard window:  
    • Give the scorecard dashboard a Name.
    • Select the Role that will have access to the report. You can select multiple roles.
    • Provide a Description for the dashboard. 
      add new scorecard

  4. Click Continue to start designing your dashboard. 
  5. When the dashboard you created appears, click the Add Widgets button. This opens the Add Widgets window.  
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  6. On the
  7. Add Widgets window,
  8.  Add Widget window, click Widgets List,and select the target card widgets that
  9. should be
  10. you want to include in the Scorecard Dashboard
  11. , then click the Add 
  12. . Finally click the Add Selected button.
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  14. Note
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  16. Only target card widgets are shown in the scorecard dashboard. 

    The widgets that you have selected will now appear
  17. on
  18. in the scorecarddashboard. 
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  21. Click
  22. the
  23. the Setting
  24. button
  25.  button to open Scorecard Layout Setting pop-up window
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  28. On the Scorecard Layout Setting window

  29. , choose how to present the widgets
  30. , configure the following fields, then click Save.

    • Top tier Unit - Configure how the data is displayed at intervals. Currently, only the following three options are supported:
      • Every Day - Display data for each day
      • 1st of Every Month - Display data for each month
      • Every Sunday - Display data for each Sunday
    • Top tier Format - The format of the top tier date. Supported formats include YYYY MMM DD, MMM DD, YYYY, and MM DD, YY.
    • Default View - Choose how the widgets are presented on the dashboard. Select Graphs View or Table View
  31. , then click Save. 
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    • Show User Name - Enable this switch to display the user name for each widget on the scorecard dashboard.
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  32. Click the Add Header button to add a header to the scorecard dashboard.


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  33. On the Add Header window, enter the desired header name and click Save. If you want to modify the added header, simply click on the header to edit it. You can add multiple headers. To delete the header, follow the same process.
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  34. Click Save Dashboard on your Scorecard Dashboard to save your settings.
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Related video: Watch this video to know why a scorecard is important.

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urlhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=EtVmGDK46BA

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  2. When the page displays Dashboard layout save success it indicates that the creation was successful.
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