Overview
This document will provide an introduction to the Fourth Analytics system. Covered in this article is, navigating through core functionality, filtering dashboards and exporting data.
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Data and Reports
- Log in to Fourth Analytics
- Switch between different dashboards using the drop-down menu in the top left
Fig.1 – Selecting dashboards
- Toggle between dashboard tabs to view reports, which summarise business data
Fig.2 – Dashboard tabs and reports
- Use dashboard filters to specify dashboard data time periods or attribute values
Fig.3 – Filtering by specific Area Manager in the Labour (Overview) dashboard tab
Fig.4 – Filtering by Financial Week in the Labour Cost dashboard tab
- When making any selection from a drop-down filter, there is the option to 'Select all', as well as making a single selection 'Only', when hovering the cursor over a selection
Fig.5 - The Select all and only buttons when using drop-down filters
- Hovering over chart values will display summarised data
Fig.6 – Summarised data when hovering over chart value
- Selecting linked report values will allow for deeper analysis. Data can be displayed in different formats such as tables, line charts, bar charts, and pie charts
- Data is refreshed daily from core Fourth Systems - Workforce Management, Inventory, etc
Fig.7 – Pop up box data using a linked report value
- To return to the dashboard, close the dialogue box
- Share findings by exporting a report to a variety of formats from its drop-down info panel, or export an entire dashboard to PDF using the print icon. For more information please see Fourth Analytics: Exporting Data
Fig.8 – Different options when exporting from a report
- Filters allow for specifying which data goes into one or more reports on a dashboard. Filters are initially configured by a dashboard editor but can be used by anyone viewing a dashboard
- Dashboard filters are 'sticky' - when a filter is applied to one dashboard it will automatically be applied to all others
Fig.9 – Example of available filters on a dashboard
- Fourth Analytics uses parent filters. For example, when a dashboard is filtered to ‘Org.2’ only the relevant Locations are displayed
Fig.10 – Filtering by Ops Manager and the knock-on effect to visible Locations
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