Create Yahoo! Widgets for a KPI Instance

With the Yahoo! Widget Engine, you can run applications called “widgets” on your desktop. You can add KPI widgets to your desktop so you can view the most up-to-date values every time you turn on your computer.

Note: Before you can use the Yahoo! widget functionality, you must download the free Yahoo! Widget Engine from http://widgets.yahoo.com/.

1. From Analysis, select Information library. The information library appears.

2. Select the KPIs tab.

3. In the grid, select the process for which to create a widget.

4. On the action bar, select Go to KPI instance. The record of the instance appears.

5. Under Tasks, select Create Yahoo! widget. A zip archive that contains the widget files will download.

6. Unzip the files and double select the Yahoo Widget file.

7. The program creates a widget for the selected KPI.

8. To view the widget, double-select on its icon. To view the graph and thermometer representation of the KPI value, select the Trend field.