Most of the reports in the Dashboard are based on key performance indicators (KPIs) that

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retrieves from the operational data store. KPIs provide measurable information about events that

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processes. The operational data store is a repository that contains aggregated information solely for reporting purposes.

The Dashboard displays the aggregated event information in panels that you view in the

Dashboard

page of the Operation Console. You install and configure the operational data store when you install

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.

The following table describes the default KPIs that the Dashboard uses for reports:

KPI	Description
Message processing time	Duration in minutes of the time it takes for the event to reach a final state.
Number of events	Number of events that B2B Data Exchange processes.
Number of error events	Number of error events that reached a final state.

The operational data store event loader is a PowerCenter workflow that collects KPIs from the

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repository according to specified parameters and loads aggregated events to the operational data store. You import the workflow to PowerCenter after you install the

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Dashboard and Reports component. The workflow runs at scheduled intervals, and you can change certain aspects of the workflow behavior. For example, you can configure the number of retry attempts for each event load process in case of failure or the number of minutes to wait between event load processes.

If you use service level agreement (SLA) rules to manage and track violations, the SLA violation detector searches the operational data store for violations according to the SLA rules that you define. If the SLA violation detector finds violations, it stores the violation information in proprietary SLA reports and displays the violations in the

SLA Violations

panel of the Dashboard.

In Dashboard and reports system properties, you change certain aspects of the Dashboard behavior. For example, you can choose to show the Dashboard when users log in to the Operation Console.

or configure the error rate range in the Error Rate panel

In the Operation Console, you select specific event attributes to load to the operational data store as KPIs, and the

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developer can create custom Dashboard panels based on the event attributes.

The Dashboard contains tabs in which to display the panels.

Each

panel

displays event information from the operational data store or the run-time

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repository based on filters that you apply. You can drill to display the events from each panel in the

Event List

page. For more information about specific Dashboard

panels

, see the

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Operator Guide

.

The

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developer can use Logi Info Studio to customize existing Dashboard panels or create new Dashboard panels based on default or custom KPIs.