Automate Scorecard Reporting with Command Line Interface in BSC Designer PRO

Use the command line interface to automate scorecard reporting and integrate BSC Designer PRO with another business application.

The interface for the command line is:

[filename] [-export filename] [-overwrite] 

Goals and KPIs Report

scorecard_file.bsc -export report.html -goalsandkpis -report-profile %profile_name_or_index%

Where %profile_name_or_index% is 0, 1, 2, or "Custom report name" (with quotes).

Scorecard Performance Report

Specify the start and end date for the report, add -html option:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -date1 01.01.%last-year% -date2 01.11.%last-year% -html -export report.html -overwrite

Export to Excel

"scorecard-file.bsc" -export "report.xls" -overwrite

Export to Excel for Specific Date

To generate a report for a certain date, use this syntax:

"scorecard-file.bsc" -export "report.xls" -overwrite -date 01.24.%last-year% 

Note: the date must be according to Windows settings (for example, DD.MM.YYYY or MM.DD.YYYY).

PowerPoint Report

Use the -powerpoint option to generate a PowerPoint report:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -powerpoint -export report.ppt -overwrite

Strategy Map Report

Below is a command line syntax for strategy maps.

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -export PictureFileName -StrategyMap [-StrategyMapPlacement ] [-StrategyMapLevel ]
bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -export REPORTFILE -allmaps

Export of an existing map:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -export "C:\output-file.jpg" -StrategyMap

Use the -overview option to generate overview report:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -html -export report.html -overwrite -overview

Export of a "snowflake" map:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -export
"C:\output-file.jpg" -StrategyMap -StrategyMapPlacement SnowFlake -StrategyMapLevel 1

Export all supported strategy maps:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-file.bsc -export C:\report.html -allmaps

Updating SQL indicators

To update SQL indicators via the command line, use this syntax:

bsc_designer.exe scorecard-with-sql-indicators.bsc -silentsqlupdate