Dashboard Column Options

The following columns can be applied to a Dashboard Layout. Although there is no strict limit to the number of columns that can be included, it is recommended that no more than 20 are used at a time.

Note: Agents marked with an asterisk (*) include a Replaceable Term. Agents marked with a dagger (†) include a replaceable Work Status Name. If you cannot find one of these agents while creating a new Dashboard layout, it might have been changed to a new name in your version of PowerSteering. See View Replaced Terms or Manage Work Status Names for information on checking which terms have been replaced.

Agent Purpose Threshold Settings
% Complete† The % complete for the work. N/A
% Complete Method† The % complete method for the work. N/A
% On Track† Percentage of active items that are on-track or completed, color coded by the threshold settings. Number of on track items / number of total items
  • The yellow threshold can be set to an integer between 0 - 99.
  • The red threshold must be less than the yellow threshold setting.
Active Gate For gated work, the name of the active gate. N/A
Active Gate Days Late The number of days the active gate is overdue, color coded by the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Active Gate Days Late cells to yellow n days before the gate's due date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Active Gate Executive Sponsors Names of users with approval responsibilities for the project's current gate. N/A
Actual Cost The total of the work's actual costs. N/A
Actual End The work's actual end date. N/A
Actual Start The work's actual start date. N/A
Baseline [1-12] End The end date of the work item's supplemental Baseline with the corresponding number (1-12). N/A
Baseline [1-12] Start The start date of the work item's supplemental Baseline with the corresponding number (1-12). N/A
Baseline End The end date of the work item's current Baseline. N/A
Baseline Start The start date of the work item's current Baseline. N/A
Budget The work's budget amount. N/A
Budget Baseline The work's baseline budget amount. N/A
Cancel Date† The date on which the work was canceled. N/A
Champions* Names of the users assigned as the work's champions. N/A
Constraint End The work's constraint end date. N/A
Constraint Start The work's constraint end date. N/A
Constraint Type The work's constraint type. N/A
Contributors* Names of the users assigned as the work's contributors. N/A
Create Date The date on which the work was created. N/A
Created By The user that created the work. N/A
Documents The number of documents for the work. N/A
Documents Awaiting Approval The number of documents for the work that are waiting to be approved, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Documents Rejected The number of documents for the work that have been rejected, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Estimated Cost The total of the work's estimated costs. N/A
Financial Reps* Names of the users assigned as the work's financial reps. N/A
Gate Approval Status The approval status of the project's current gate. N/A
Gate Due The gate's constraint end date, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Gate Due cells to yellow n days before the gate's constraint end date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Gate Review The number of days elapsed since the current gate was submitted for approval, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Idea Status* The status of the idea. N/A
Is Archived Indicates whether each work item on the Dashboard is archived or not. A value or "true" indicates that the work item is archived and a value of "false" indicates that it is not. N/A
Issues The number and severity of open issues for the work, color-coded according to the threshold settings.

Threshold settings can be set for one or more priority levels. Each priority level has its own yellow and red threshold settings.

  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer, or to null.
  • The red threshold can be set to any positive integer greater than or equal to the yellow threshold setting, or null.

If any threshold setting is null, issues of that category are ignored.
Last Change The date the work was last modified. N/A
Last Workflow Action The last action taken in the workflow. N/A
Location The work's location in the Work Tree. N/A
Master Project The project that a task belongs to. N/A
Measures Indicators for all measures attached to the work. N/A

Owner*

 The name of the user assigned as the work's owner. N/A
Parent The direct Parent work of the listed work item.

Note: "Parent work" refers to the work item directly above another work item in the Work Tree. For example, the "Communications Planning" project in the Dashboard above has the "Define" gate listed as its parent. This is because the project is a direct Descendant of the "Define" gate, just like "Ice Breaker Meeting" and "Hand-off":

 N/A
Performance to Baseline The number of days elapsed since the work's baseline end date.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Performance to Baseline cells to yellow n days before the baseline end date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Phase Days The number of days that the project's current gate has been active, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Program The name of the program that the work directly belongs to. N/A
Program Size The number of work items that belong to the program. N/A
Progress Indicator A doctoral display of phase progress. N/A
Project Days* The number of days that have elapsed since the work's actual start date, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Project Days Late* The number of days past the constraint end date of the work, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Project Days Late cells to yellow n days before the project's constraint end date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Project Due* The work's constraint end date, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Project Due cells to yellow n days before the project's constraint end date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Project Id* The Project ID. N/A
Reference To

Any work that has been generated from the work item through Work Generation.

 N/A
Risks The number and severity of open risks for the work, color-coded according to the threshold settings.

Threshold settings can be set for one or more risk factor levels. Each risk factor level has its own yellow and red threshold settings.

  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer, or null.
  • The red threshold can be set to any positive integer greater than or equal to the yellow threshold setting, or null.

If any threshold setting is null, risks of that category are ignored.
Row Number The numeric number of the Dashboard row. N/A
Scheduled End The work's scheduled end date. N/A
Scheduled Start The work's scheduled start date. N/A
Scope Change The number of new work items added to a project since a specified number of days leading up to the current date, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer.
  • The red threshold can be set to any positive integer greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Sequence Number The work's sequence number. N/A
Source For work that was created using Idea Conversion or Work Generation, the name of the source work. N/A
Status The work's status. N/A
Status Report Displays a button that will take you to the latest status report for the work. N/A
Status Report Days Late The number of days a status report is overdue, color-coded according to the threshold settings. An icon will display in this column if the work has status reporting turned on AND the user has permission to see status reports. The status report days late will reset to 0 when either a) the status report is submitted or b) the status report expires.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive or negative integer, or to 0. A negative value (-n) sets Status Report cells to yellow n days before the report's due date.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Team Status The number of days an invitation has been pending, color-coded according to the threshold settings.
  • The yellow threshold can be set to any positive integer.
  • The red threshold must be greater than the yellow threshold setting.
Top Program The highest level program that a work belongs to. N/A
Top Project* The highest level project that a task belongs to. N/A
Workflow Status The current workflow status. N/A