Answers
1. Assuming a user has the appropriate user role to access a dashboard, what other
dashboard settings control whether the dashboard is available for viewing? - Answer-
The Ready for use and Enabled for user selection check boxes.
/.2. Which of the following would you enter in the Parameters field of an activity link to
open a Hyperspace activity?
a. The activity descriptor and any required parameters for the activity.
b. The menu descriptor of the activity.
c. The user-facing name of the activity.
d. the parent menu of the activity record. - Answer-a. The activity descriptor and any
required parameters for the activity.
/.3. You have built a component record. Which of the following could explain why the
component does not appear on a specific dashboard?
a. The component is not set as ready for use.
b. The component is not listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
c. The component and the dashboard do not share any report groups.
d. The component has not been marked as enabled for user selection. - Answer-Both:
a. The component is not set as ready for use.
b. The component is not listed on the Content form of the dashboard.
/.True or False:
Components require a defined Display title on the Display form. - Answer-True: this is a
required field.
/.Define: Dashboard - Answer-Dashboards centralize content from around Hyperspace,
the graphical user interface which allows users to enter, access and interact with Epic
data.
/.Define: Component - Answer-Each of the sections of content on the dashboard is a
component.
Components built by administrators are source records
Components built by end-users are personalization records.
,/.Define: Personalization - Answer-Dashboards and components which are created by
an administrators are referred to as source records.
When an end user selects a source dashboard from the Analytics Catalog, a
personalized copy is created just for them.
End user personalized copies of these source dashboards and components are
considered personalization records.
/.Define: Dashboard Editor - Answer-Create and edit source dashboard records with the
dashboard editor.
Access the editor with Chart Search, editing a dashboard from the Analytics Catalog, or
editing a dashboard from the Proxy Dashboard prompt.
6 forms controls the dashboard's content & metadata:
1. Basic Information
2. Layout
3. Content
4. Resource Settings
5. Parameters
6. Access
/.Additional Information: Dashboard Editor - Answer-Dashboards should be tailored to
their audience and tested to ensure they work.
Guidelines for creating and editing Radar content:
-Any dashboard available to a user must work
-All parts of a dashboard must work
-Dashboards must have a defined target audience
-Each user in that audience must have security/access for all components and reports
on dashboard
/.Define: Component Editor - Answer-Accessed via Chart Search for Component Editor
- Six types of component records in Radar
1. Graph
2. Link
3. Message Board
4. Native HTML
5. Report Listing
6. Table
/.Additional Information: Component Editor - Answer-Components have Five Forms
1. Basic Information
2. Display
, 3. Data Source
4. Output Format
5. Access
Similar to the Dashboard Editor, each form controls your component's content and its
metadata.
/.Define Activity Descriptor - Answer-The Active activity descriptor field displays for your
currently active Hyperspace activity.
There are two Hyperspace workflows that can find the activity descriptor for a given
activity.
/.Hyperspace workflow 1: Find Activity Descriptor - Answer-Activity: Create a
component which has a header that is able to take you to the Component Editor directly
from your Radar dashboard.
1. Access the about Hyperspace information window
2. Double-check that you are currently in the Component Editor activity
3. Access the About Hyperspace window by navigating to the Epic button > Help >
About Hyperspace.
4. The Active activity descriptor field displays for your currently active Hyperspace
activity.
/.Hyperspace workflow 2: Find Activity Descriptor - Answer-Activity Descriptor in the
Menu Summary:
End-users often request links to activities that you lack the security to access. Thus you
can not determine the activity descriptor from the About Hyperspace workflow. For
these instances, use the following workflow.
1. Use Chart Search to launch the Menu Summary activity.
2. Refer to pg. 2-22 for scenario.
3. Because Admin is under the Epic button, start by expanding EDMAINAPPMENU
4. Any menu that is displayed visually to the end-user will be listed under the caption.
5. Expand the Admin sub-menu
6. Expand the Access Management sub-menu
7. Select User Security
Activity Descriptor is located in the Activity Information section. User Security is
E_EMP_EMPGUI
/.Perform Task: Create and edit dashboards - Answer-Run through the following
Exercises/Examples
1. pg. 2-11 Radar Exploration