Link KPI to Specific Location on the Strategy Map

BSC Designer allows link KPIs with specific location on the strategy map. It is useful if KPI is responsible for certain geographical area.

Loading map

Select "Strategy Map" > "Placement Wizard" -> "Map with KPIs". BSC Designer will suggest you several options.

• Select picture file of the new map. In this case you can select any picture (.png, .jpg and other formats) and use it as a background of the map. Disadvantage of this approach is that you will need manually select certain areas on the map and mark then by adding name of the certain location.
• Import mapped location from file. In this case you can import mapped locations from any other BSC Designer project. This option is useful if you have a map of the certain region with marks designed in BSC Designer and you want to re-use it.
• Select ready-to-use map template. Together with BSC Designer we distribute some free to use maps with marked locations. You can use this maps as a starting point for your project.

• Create empty map. Will do nothing, so later you will need to click "Mapped Background" button to select new background for the map.

Marking locations

1. Load any map following of the methods specified above. You will see something like this:

2. Select area of the Spain. When you will release mouse button "Create MapMark from selection" menu option will appear. Click on this menu option. In the dialog "Enter area name" enter "Spain".

3. Now your map is marked and looks like:

Auto detecting area on the map

1. Open any map where countries or regions have only borders without any lines or marks inside:

2. Select "Auto-detect map mark" button

3. Click in the center of area.

4. BSC Designer will highlight selected region and suggest to enter name for this region:

Note:

• if user needs to merge two separate regions use "Merge map marks" button.
• to create custom region user can apply "New polygon map mark" button.

Associating KPIs with map locations

1. Go to the "KPIs" tab
2. Select any indicator
3. Right-click on indicator and select "Link item to the map"
4. In the dialog select necessary region, in this example it is Spain. Click "OK".

Important note: in the same way you can link any goal with certain map mark.

Automatic placement of KPIs linked to map of the map

Now KPI "New Indicator" is linked to "Spain" map mark. If you will switch to the "Strategy Map" tab the program will automatically suggest you to update your strategy map or you can do this manually.

Follow this steps to update your strategic map.

1. Select "Placement Wizard" in "Strategy Map" menu.
2. Make sure "Map with KPIs" option is selected.
3. Click "Execute".

Now your map will have KPI on in in the certain area. The size of KPI on the map depends on size of the area and number of KPIs. If area is small or there is a high number of KPIs their format will be automatically updated to the smaller one.