Create effective KPIs for ASP.NET apps

BARNAUL, RUSSIA:  Performance dashboard is a complex and integrated BI application that helps managers of all levels be aware of how the company is performing.

Such applications also provide critical real-time data in a precise and comprehensible manner, so decision makers are able to make timely and reasonable decisions that impact the business. The main part of any performance dashboard is the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that can measure various values: profit, sales, customers, number of consultants and employees, etc.

So, the creation of KPIs is now easier than ever, as Perpetuum Software unveils a new version of the .Net Dashboard Suite 3.5 which includes components that will help you develop KPIs according to your business purposes and views: Chart ModelKit and Instrumentation ModelKit.

A new version of the .Net Dashboard Suite includes the Web Forms viewer which is capable of displaying charts, graphs, instruments and gauges in ASP.NET applications. Now it is possible to deliver information to consumers in real time via the Internet. No need to install client application; just open a web page and get access to the latest information.

The Suite contains two data visualization components: Chart ModelKit, a functional and effective charting component capable of creating high resolution 2D charts and Instrumentation ModelKit, a library of high-performance gauges and other instruments.

The .Net Dashboard Suite allows both joint use of charts and gauges on a single form and their separate use on multiple forms. A unified designer can be used for editing charts and gauges as well as for their creation from scratch. No coding; just a few mouse clicks and the required gauge or chart is designed.

Products architecture makes it possible to develop complex and non-standard chart and gauge configurations with intellectual behavior that are difficult or impossible to create using other means. Thus, a developer can design KPI elements that properly correspond to consumers’ requirements and give them a clear view of company’s business activity.

The .Net Dashboard Suite is a unified framework for developing complex BI solutions; it doesn’t require adjustment of components to each other, the suite components feature integrated designer and customization facilities and methods.

According to the release, the product is fully compatible with .Net 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005; it contains only 100% managed code.