Introduction
A Dashboard is a visualization tool that displays important data through various charts and graphs, providing an overview of key metrics in architect. A good comparison is checking a car’s gauges, it is a good way to determine the health of a car. In our case, it is used to find the health of the supply chain when differing scenarios are run.
Gains’ will provide three important dashboards that is catered to your data:
Cost Analysis
Scenario Analysis
Base Scenario Validation
In these dashboards, we can utilize filters like specific output scenarios, distribution centers, customer sites, and products to simplify the process of identifying flaws in your supply chain
To view these created dashboards:
Select Dashboards in the left pane
You will see the three dashboards that were built on your data
You will find multiple charts in these Dashboards
To filter the charts:
Select the drop down for the following constraint types
Output Scenario
Servicing Site (Distribution Center)
Demand Product
Customer (Site)
Base Scenario
Now you can choose one or multiple options in each constraint type to filter your data which will be reflected in the charts
Instructional Guide
Exercise: Product Outflows from each Distribution Center
General Overview:
What would you do if you wanted to see which products were most popular in terms of outflow from each Distribution Center?
We can create charts to show many different constraints. Charts can be stored together to make up a Dashboard.
In this exercise we will create a dashboard based on an output scenario. It will show outflows of different products coming from the various distribution centers.
Creating a Dashboard
After you have logged into Gains Architect, click on Dashboards in the left pane
Select + Create New Dashboard
In the top right corner of the screen select + Visualization
From there select the option All Flows and Costs
Explaining the Different Sections
Now you are presented with several options to format dashboards
Label: This represents the categories that are being compared.
Values: Numerical data points that are displayed in the visualization. This is the quantitative information that is being analyzed.
Category: Distinct classification of datapoints within each category from the label section. It is used to organize related data points together for comparative analysis.
Data Filters: Features that allow users to apply specific constraints. By using data filters, users can manipulate and control the displayed data to gain deeper insights and make more informed decisions
Dragging Fields to Sections
Now you can begin to drag Fields to the different Sections
Fields are on the very left of the screen and the Sections are to the right of the Fields
But first we should change our Title
Rename the Title: Freeform Text Title
“Outbound Flows by Product from each Origin”
Drag OriginSite field to the Label section
Drag Flow to the Values section
Drag Product to the Category section
Drag FlowType to the Data Filters section
Filtering Out Unnecessary Flows
After dragging FlowType to the Data Filters section, it will prompt you to select a rule that it will filter by
Click the option Select a Rule
Click the option Select Values
Unselect the All option
Select CUS (customer flows)
Select Create Filter
Selecting Desired Output Scenario
Click on Add Visualization Filter + and select OutputScenario
We will connect this filter to the dashboard filter later on
Select the created OutputScenario dropdown
Make sure that All is selected
Select Apply
Changing the Chart Type
Now we will change the chart type
Click Column (it was defaulted to this option)
Now, select Stacked Bar
Now we have changed the chart type from columns to stacked bars
Sorting the Data
Click on Flow under the Values section
Next, click on the Sorting dropdown
Select Ascending
Select Update Field to save changes
Saving the Chart
Notice that the bar chart is now in ascending order
We have successfully created a chart that shows Outbound Flows by Product from each Origin Site/ Distribution Center
Make sure to hit the Check Mark in the top right corner to save your changes
This will save the chart to the dashboard
Adding a Dashboard Filter
Select Add Filter +
Now, select Add Dashboard Filter
Click on “Select a field”
Now, select OutputScenario from the drop-down list
Select Connect
Select Create Filter
Applying the Dashboard Filter
Select the OutputScenario drop-down
Unselect All
Choose the output scenario(s) that you would like to test
We will do Pick 2 new DC
Select Apply
Now you can compare the Product Outflows for each Distribution Center among different output scenarios
After the Dashboard has been saved, edit the Dashboard
Then, simply select the Output Scenario to view data for that specific Output Scenario
More importantly, you can select multiple Output Scenarios to compare
Saving the Dashboard
To save the Dashboard, make sure you select the Check Mark again
