Monitoring application usage for business effectiveness by using the Dashboard

The Dashboard in BMC Helix Integration Studio provides a set of reports displayed in graphical representation. Information from the reports can be used to gain a high-level overview of application usage.

The Dashboard is designed mainly for administrative personnel of a company, and is helpful in decision-making. For example, an administrator can see what amount of money and time was saved due to a flow run, and make a conclusion about the necessity of a flow. Accordingly, data from the reports can be used for adjustment of business processes. 

Any type of user can access and view the Dashboard:

• End users can access the Dashboard and view Personal reports.
• Tenant administrators can access the Dashboard and view Personal reports and Company reports.

Structure and presentation

The following illustration shows a Dashboard view for tenant administrators.

• To see visuals for the entire organization, click Company.
• To see visuals for just yourself, click Personal.

For each tab, you can perform one of the following actions:

• Filter flows by clicking the View filter and selecting a specific flow, All Flows, or Deleted Flows.
• View flows for a defined period of time by clicking the Time Frame filter and choosing from one of the following periods: Last 30 Days, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months, or Last 1 Year. 

Additionally, you can choose from one of four visual types of data representation:

Metrics

The following metrics are applied to all flows in BMC Helix Integration Studio:

• Money Saved (USD)—Shows how much money was saved per flow run in USD (default is 5).
• Risk Averted—Shows how many risk points were reduced per flow run (defaults to -1).
• Satisfaction—Shows satisfaction points achieved per flow run (defaults to 5).
• Time Saved (min)—Shows the number of minutes saved per flow run (default is 10).

Unless metric values were explicitly set while adding a flow or updating a flow, the default values are used.

Additionally, users can define custom metrics.