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Introduction - Functions Overview - Purchase
Program
What are strategy maps?
With BSC Designer, it is possible to
automatically create nice-looking maps which will visually
represent indicators from your scorecard.
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Use a Strategy Map to visualize indicators from
the balanced scorecard;
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Add your own objects to the map to make it more
reader-friendly;
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Export the strategy map using the Export command
in BSC Designer or the command line
interface;
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Use "Export" command in Strategy Map menu to
export the strategy map as a picture; Use "Print" command in
Strategy Map menu to print the strategy map;
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There is a strategy map report available in
"Reports" menu;
Adding custom objects
Use the Strategy Map panel to manage objects:
There are three type of objects in the strategy
map:
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Linked objects are linked to
indicators from the scorecard and represent the information from
the indicator. You can still change the color and other settings of
the linked objects, but the object is hard-linked to the indicator.
If the indicator is deleted from the KPI set, then it will be
deleted from the map as well.
An example of a linked object indicator:
Example of free objects: 
Object styles
Both free and linked objects can be modified to
have a better visual style. Objects have the properties DrawShadow
and UseGradient:
Objects can change shape and can be rotated:
 Links. There are
three types of links available in the program. Links between
linked objects are created automatically, but you also can
create more links on your own.
There are additional types of links available in BSC Designer.
Use the DashStyle property to change the type of the link.
- Note: if you need a link with a text, use a separate
text object.
Objects color scheme
There are two ways to work with color scheme of
objects:
The color scheme of the objects that are
generated automatically with "Placement Wizard" is defined on the
"Color scheme" tab in the "Placement wizard".
The color scheme of objects that user creates
manually are defined in a specify template file. To access this
template file select "Edit strategy map template" command in Tools
menu.
Position of the objects
There are two ways to position objects in the
strategy map:
Using the Placement Wizard. The wizard
will suggest several different ways to arrange objects and links in
the map, but it will not take into account the position of the
objects that you might have changed before by hand, changing the
position of all objects. Use the Placement Wizard
option in the Strategy Map menu to access the wizard.
Manually. After using the placement wizard, you
might need to re-arrange objects slightly. You can move objects
just like in any other program, and change object size and
color
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